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Why does Gauss' law hold for any closed surface? and can you show this mathematically.
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Why does Gauss' law hold for any closed surface?
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Chapter 1 in Classical Electrodynamics by J. D. Jackson provides this derivation.
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Starting from what assumptions?Physgeek64 said:
Also, a Google search for "proof of Gauss law" turns up a number of pages which may contain what you're looking for, including a number of previous threads here on PF.
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