Maxwell's Capacitor argument for a time independent Current

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Why can't we apply the. Maxwells argument to a time independent Current applied to a capacitor, to conclude the existence of a displacement Current inside a capacitor?
Maxwells argument considered a pot like surface between the plates of a capacitor with its open end outside. And argued that since the current enclosed is 0, B must be 0 just inside the capacitor, which is not true.
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Ampere Maxwell Law
Is it because the current applied to a capacitor will never be time independent? Please help me out🙏
 
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Sorry, what is a "time independent current"? Can you define that, or give some examples?
 
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berkeman said:
Sorry, what is a "time independent current"? Can you define that, or give some examples?
What I meant was a constant current - one which is not a function of t. A time dependent current would be AC Current. I am not sure if the name time independent is correct.