Force of interaction between magnets

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The flat end of a bar magnet acts like a uniformly charge sheet with surface charge ##\sigma_m=M##,in the same way that the end of an electrically polarized rod has a surface charge ##\sigma=P##. Then, just as
##E=2\pi\sigma## just outside a charged surface, ##H=2\pi\sigma_m=2\pi M##, and B=H outside the magnet.
If this doesn't help, you may have to read a book. Also, read my post #29 carefully
 
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Meir Achuz said:
The flat end of a bar magnet acts like a uniformly charge sheet with surface charge ##\sigma_m=M##,in the same way that the end of an electrically polarized rod has a surface charge ##\sigma=P##. Then, just as
##E=2\pi\sigma## just outside a charged surface, ##H=2\pi\sigma_m=2\pi M##, and B=H outside the magnet.
If this doesn't help, you may have to read a book. Also, read my post #29 carefully
Thanks for the feedback. But in the formation of your expression you have taken ##B=2\pi(M+M')=4\pi M## i.e ##M=M'## but if we go for derivation of the force expression by using ##B=2\pi(M+M')## for two different M and M' we get ##F=1/2{π(M^2+M'^2+2MM')A}.
Also please refer me a good literature for this.