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Gauss's Law -- Irregular Surfaces
I don't fully understand why Gauss's Law holds for any Gaussian surface. My textbook clearly derives Gauss's Law from Coulomb's Law using a spherical surface, but it then extends the result to any Gaussian surface without sufficient explanation.
Why does Gauss's Law hold for irregular surfaces as well?
Explanations I have tried to understand include terms like: field lines, projections.
I don't fully understand why Gauss's Law holds for any Gaussian surface. My textbook clearly derives Gauss's Law from Coulomb's Law using a spherical surface, but it then extends the result to any Gaussian surface without sufficient explanation.
Why does Gauss's Law hold for irregular surfaces as well?
Explanations I have tried to understand include terms like: field lines, projections.