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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 ib Paper 1 7B Solution by
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In vacuum SI notation, Maxwell's equations areTaking the divergence of the last equation, using that the divergence of a curl vanishes and then the first equation, givesThis is local conservation of electric charge. For spatially uniform electrical conductivity, Ohm's law gives , soFor 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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