Solution

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In vacuum SI notation, Maxwell's equations are
Taking the divergence of the last equation, using that the divergence of a curl vanishes and then the first equation, gives
This is local conservation of electric charge. For spatially uniform electrical conductivity, Ohm's law gives , so
For a homogeneous dielectric conductor with permittivity , replace by . This charge relaxation is a statement about bulk charge; charge transported to a boundary is still accounted for by the conservation law.

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