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Homework Statement
What is the flux of r(vector) though a spherical surface of radius a?
Homework Equations
to solve this use spherical coordinates.
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∫a . ds
How Is Flux Calculated Through a Spherical Surface Using Spherical Coordinates?
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What is the flux of r(vector) though a spherical surface of radius a?
to solve this use spherical coordinates.
∫a . ds
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Start with the del operator in spherical coordinates and show us some work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_in_cylindrical_and_spherical_coordinates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_in_cylindrical_and_spherical_coordinates
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