Solution

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The only contributions to the Laplacian come from the pure quadratic terms. Hence
The scalar potential is therefore a harmonic function. Since ,
Thus this field is both irrotational and divergence-free. By the divergence theorem, its net flux through every sufficiently regular closed surface is zero.

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