Purcell Problem 2.68

Physics · electromagnetism

Problem

and ρ\rho for a sphere In the example in Section 2.9, we used spherical coordinates to verify the relation div E = ρ\rho/ε₀ for a sphere with radius R and uniform density ρ\rho. Verify this relation by working in Cartesian Exercises 121 coordinates. You will first need to write out the Cartesian components of E.

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