Electricity and Magnetism · Problem 10.41

MAGNETIC FIELDS IN MATTER — Edward Purcell & David Morin

Physics — E&M · discontinuity-d-parallel-sphere

Problem

Consider the polarized sphere from Section 10.9. Using the forms of the internal and external electric fields, find the discontinuity in D∥D_\parallel across the surface of the sphere, as a function of θ\theta.

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