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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 1 16D f Solution by
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Differentiating the image charge potential givesAt the conducting plane, . With outward conductor normal , the surface charge density is thereforeIt is independent of by translational symmetry. As a check, integrating across the plane gives , the total induced charge per unit length, opposite to the real line charge.
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