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    Finding potential for a sphere, when to use laplace equation

    Nothing it worked just fine and I got the correct answer. I was just curious if there was any other obvious way of doing this.
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    Finding potential for a sphere, when to use laplace equation

    Got it. How else can I approach this problem?
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    Finding potential for a sphere, when to use laplace equation

    Sorry I left something out in my post. They actually give the charge distribution as kcosθ...so I calculated Qenclosed by integrating the charge density over the surface of the sphere. The fact that there's a sinθcosθ in the integral made it go to zero. Also, I don't quite understand why...
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    Finding potential for a sphere, when to use laplace equation

    Homework Statement This is example 3.9 in Griffiths Electrodynamics. "A specified charge density σ(θ) (inclination angle) is glued over the surface of a spherical shell of radius R. Find the resulting potential inside and outside the sphere." The problem suggests that although it is possible to...