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  • Introduction to Gauss’s Law

    Introduction to Gauss’s Law

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    Did you know Gauss’s law is also known as Gauss’s flux theorem in physics? The law is relating to the distribution of electric charge to the resulting electric field. The law was first formulated by Joseph-Louis Lagrange in 1773 before Carl Friedrich Gauss modified it in 1813. They both discussed the attraction of ellipsoids, which…