Re: Charge distribution on a Toroid (was spheres vs toroids)

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Good, I'm glad you said that for if this was not the case, the integral of
E.dl would give a different answer than the sum of the potentials.

Gerry R
Ft Collins, CO

 >  > I'm thinking that there is an added complication in that the
 >  > patches included in the summation are only those visible to
 >  > the point (p) implying determination of the shadowing affects
 >  > of the toroid.
 >
 > No, all patches, all charges, are included, even those that are
 > 'in the shadow' of some other conductor, and even those that are
 > totally enclosed by a conductor.  Coulomb's law applies throughout
 > all space, inside and through conductors, inside and through
 > dielectrics.
 >
 > Paul Nicholson