Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2016/ib/paper-1/16d/f/solution

Differentiating the image charge potential gives
At the conducting plane, . With outward conductor normal , the surface charge density is therefore
It 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.

New to topics? Read the docs here!