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[parent] Viewing Correction to 'derivation of Coulomb's Law from Gauss' Law'
Deriving Coulomb's Law from Gauss' Law by MHyman

Correction id: 62
Filed on: 2010-11-15 17:42:58
Status: Accepted on 2011-02-03 00:09:44
Type: Erratum

Correction text:
I believe that the example given has an error. The integral should be over the surface area--where the field has a constant magnitude--rather than one which evaluates the volume. Evaluation of the triple integral in the example yields a 2PI term rather than one with 4PI.  
Sincerely,
MHyman


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