Electric field outside of charged sphere

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In the discussion about the electric field outside a charged sphere, it is established that inside a uniformly charged sphere (Case 1), the electric field E is zero for points within the radius R, while outside (r > R), E is non-zero and can be denoted as w. The question arises about the effect of concentrating the charge at the center, which does not change the external electric field value w. In Case 2, with a non-uniform charge distribution, the internal electric field E at points within the sphere is no longer zero, but the external field at r > R is speculated to remain w, similar to Case 1. The discussion emphasizes the importance of solving electrostatic problems with boundary conditions and understanding whether the sphere is conducting, as this influences the behavior of the electric field at the surface.
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Case 1. You have a sphere with Radius R and middle point X with the charge Q. The charge is equally distributed over the sphere.
for E(X,r) = 0 for r_1 < R, E inside the sphere is 0.
If r_2 > R then E ≠ 0 ; but let's say E(X,r_2) := w

If you put all the charge of the sphere into X then, it would still be E(X,r_2) = w
Why is that so? I could imagine that, if you had r_1 << R, but I found it first without the special case that R a lot larger than r_1
Where can I get information about that?

Case 2. Now the charge is no longer equally distributed over the sphere. Then E(X,r_1) is no longer 0. But what happens with E(X, r_2) ?
My guess is, that E = w, because in case 1 it didn't matter, if you viewed the sphere as a sphere or as a point. However I can't say for sure.

Can someone please help me?
 
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You have to solve the electrostatic problems including the boundary conditions (at the surface, tangential components of the electric field must be continuous while normal components can jump if there is a surface charge).

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