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Re: Gauss' law and displacement current



For example, the field inside the
current carrying wire is sourced by surface charges on the wire.

Is this true even for portions of a very long, straight wire well
away from any corners?

In a word, yes. This is discussed in Chapter 6 of Chabay and Sherwood's
"Electric & Magnetic Interactions," Wiley (1995).


Gene

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