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Past exam of the probability, statistics and options I course of the University of Oxford 2007 J 1 Solution by
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For a consistently oriented surface and boundary, Ampère's law isStokes theorem gives the left side as , so the given curl equation proves the law.
On a circle of radius around the axis, the assumed azimuthal field is tangent and constant in magnitude. Thus the circulation is . For , the enclosed electric current is ; for , it is . ThereforeThe field is continuous at and vanishes regularly at the axis. Its direction follows the right-hand rule for positive electric current along . The radial component of the curl equation also gives , so the expression is valid at every height; no unmentioned axial dependence remains.
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