square173205 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Gauss's law describes the electric field created by the point charge. This law is applied when the point charge is isotropic only. Do you think it's a trivial matter? I don't think so. I tried to extend Gauss's law to the case when the point charge is not isotropic in the following site; http://hecoaustralia.fortunecity.com/gauss/gauss.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Gauss's law assumes a uniform charge distribution. If you don't have one, it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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