The discussion revolves around whether current will flow in an ideal circuit that consists solely of an ideal battery. Participants explore the implications of having no resistance in the circuit and the conditions under which current can flow.
The discussion is ongoing, with various interpretations being explored. Some participants express confusion about the original poster's question, while others provide insights into the unrealistic nature of the circuit described. There is no explicit consensus, but several points of view are being examined.
Participants note that the ideal battery's behavior and the characteristics of ideal wires lead to contradictions in the circuit's feasibility. The discussion touches on the concept of unrealizable circuits and the implications of zero resistance.
The ideal battery will attempt to make enough current flow in order to realize the battery's specified potential difference. With no resistance, it cannot accomplish this so the current heads off to infinity.Faiq said:
The OP didn't specify any of thatgneill said:
This sounds familiargneill said:
That is an unrealizable circuit, as gneill said earlier.Faiq said:
Ideal battery tries to maintain a constant potential difference across its terminals. Ideal wires have zero resistance, hence, they try to have 0 potential difference across them. These two opposite behaviors make the circuit unrealizable. One good example gneill gave is of an open circuited current source. Similarly, you can't connect two ideal voltage sources in parallel and two ideal current sources in series. These are unrealizable circuits.Faiq said:
The situation in your question is invalid.Faiq said: