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 +# (WIP) Equations of Electromagnetism
  
 +
 +## Electrostatics
 +### Coulomb's law
 +
 +Attractive force $Q_2$ feels thanks to $Q_1$'s electric field:
 +$$\mathbf F_ = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{Q_1Q_2}{r^2}\mathbf r_{012}$$
 +
 +### Electric field
 +Electric field created by a single point charge $Q$:
 +$$\mathbf E = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{Q}{r^2}\mathbf r_0$$
 +
 +Electric field created by multiple point charges $Q_1, Q_2, ..., Q_N$:
 +$$\mathbf E = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\sum_{i=1}^{N}\frac{Q_i}{r^2_i}\mathbf r_{0i}$$
 +
 +Electric field created by charge distributed along a 1D curve $L$, where $Q'$ $[C / m]$ is the charge density: 
 +$$\mathbf E = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_C\frac{Q'\mathrm d\ell}{r^2}\mathbf r_0$$
 +
 +Electric field created by charge distributed across a 2D surface $S$ where $\rho_S$ $[C / m^2]$ is the charge density:
 +$$\mathbf E = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_S\frac{\rho_S\mathrm dS}{r^2}\mathbf r_0$$
 +
 +Electric field created by charge distributed across a 3D volume $V$ where $\rho$ $[C / m^3]$ is the charge density:
 +$$\mathbf E = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_V\frac{\rho\mathrm dV}{r^2}\mathbf r_0$$
 +
 +
 +### Electric potential
 +Electric field $\mathbf E$ created by the electric potential $V$: 
 +$$\mathbf E = -\nabla V$$
 +
 +Nabla operator $\nabla$ is defined as: 
 +$$\nabla = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\mathbf i_x +  \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\mathbf i_y +  \frac{\partial}{\partial z}\mathbf i_z$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ created by a single point charge $Q$ 
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{Q}{r}$$ 
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ created by point charges $Q_1, Q_2, ..., Q_N$:
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\sum_{i=1}^{N}\frac{Q_i}{r_i}$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ created by charge distributed along a 1D curve $C$ with $Q'$ as the charge density:
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_C\frac{Q'\mathrm d\ell}{r}$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ created by charge distributed across a 2D surface $S$ with $\rho_S$ as the charge density:
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_S\frac{\rho_S\mathrm dS}{r}$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ created by charge distributed across a 3D volume $V$ with $\rho$ as the charge density:
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\int_V\frac{\rho\mathrm dV}{r}$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V$ as the line integral of an electric field $\mathbf E$ from arbitrary point $P$ to a reference point $R$:
 +$$V = \int_P^R\mathbf E\cdot\mathrm d\mathbf\ell$$
 +
 +Electric potential $V'$ when moving the refernce point from $R$ to $R'$ in previous relation:
 +$$V' = V + \int_{R}^{R'}\mathbf E\cdot\mathrm d\mathbf \ell$$
 +
 +Electric potential around a charge distributed along a line with charge density Q':
 +$$V = \frac{Q'}{2\pi\varepsilon_0}\ln\frac{r_R}{r}$$
 +
 +Potential difference bewteen two points $A$ and $B$:
 +$$U_{AB} = V_A - V_B = \int_A^B\mathbf E\cdot\mathrm d\mathbf\ell$$
 +
 +### Gauss's law
 +
 +Gauss's law (integral form):
 +$$\oint_S\mathbf E \cdot\mathrm dS = \frac{1}{\varepsilon_0}\int_V\rho\mathrm dV$$
 +
 +Gauss's law in differential form:
 +$$\nabla\mathbf E = \frac{\rho}{\varepsilon_0}$$
 +
 +### Maxwell's equations in Electrostatics
 +Faraday's law in differential form in electrostatics:
 +$$\nabla\cdot\mathbf E = 0$$
 +
 +Gauss's law in differential form in electrostatics:
 +$$\nabla\cdot\mathbf E = \frac{\rho}{\varepsilon_0}$$
 +
 +Faraday's law in integral form in electrostatics
 +$$\oint_C\mathbf E\cdot\mathrm d\mathbf\ell = 0$$
 +
 +Gauss's law in integral form in electrostatics
 +$$\oint_S\mathbf E\cdot\mathrm d\mathbf S = \frac{1}{\varepsilon_0}\iiint_V\rho\cdot\mathrm dV$$
 +
 +### Poisson and Laplace equations
 +
 +Electric potential in vaccuum satisfies the Poisson equation:
 +$$\nabla^2 V = -\frac{\rho}{\varepsilon_0}$$
 +
 +Without charge $\rho$, Poisson equation reduces to Laplace equation:
 +$$\nabla^2 V = 0$$
 +
 +Nabla squared operator is defined as:
 +$$\nabla = \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}\mathbf i_x +  \frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2}\mathbf i_y +  \frac{\partial^2}{\partial z^2}\mathbf i_z$$
 +
 +### Electrostatic dipole
 +Electric potential of an electric dipole:
 +$$V = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\left(\frac{Q}{r^+} - \frac{Q}{r^-}\right)$$
 +
 +Electric field of an electric dipole ($\mathbf E = -\nabla\cdot V$):
 +$$\mathbf E = -\nabla\cdot V$$