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Currently a high school student, passionate about physics, especially areas of theoretical particle physics. Benefited a lot from study of physics MOOCs and great platforms like Physics Forums.

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Derivation of Gauss’s Law: Coulomb to Flux Explained

May 15, 2015/3 Comments/in Physics Tutorials/by Minjie Lei

Gauss’s law was formulated by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835. It is one of the four Maxwell’s equations that form the basis of classical electrodynamics. Gauss’s law is important because it reveals a simple relation between a field and the distribution of charge. In electrostatics, applying Gauss’s law often greatly simplifies the calculation of an…

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