Solution

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Let the wire radius be , and take its electric current along . Cylindrical symmetry makes the magnetic flux density azimuthal. For a circular Amperian loop of radius , Ampère's law gives . Uniform current density means inside and outside. Consequently
Its direction follows the right-hand rule. The magnitude rises linearly from zero to at the surface, is continuous there, and then falls as .
Figure 1.
Magnetic-field magnitude inside and outside a uniformly current-filled wire
. The radius and field are normalized by the wire radius and the surface field, respectively. Details.

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