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For distinct point charges $q_i$ at positions $r_i$, the electrostatic potential energy isWhen some charges are fixed, the terms depending on a movable charge form its potential energy in their electric potential.

The electric potential of a point charge $Q$ at the origin isFor the two charges forming the dipole,The first-order Taylor expansion at large $|\mathbf{x}|$ isand therefore, with the electric dipole moment $\mathbf{p}=Q\mathbf{d}$,to leading order. Taking the interaction of a second dipole with the corresponding electric field gives the stated electric dipole-dipole interaction

Let the lattice spacing be $d$ and write the central dipole asIts two horizontal neighbours have moment $p(\cos \theta ,-\sin \theta )$. For either one, the expression in parentheses, after extracting $d^{-3}$, isIts two vertical neighbours have moment $p(-\cos \theta ,\sin \theta )$, and each contributes insteadAdding all four nearest-neighbour interactions and using the Pythagorean trigonometric identity givesThe angle has cancelled, so the energy is independent of $\theta$.

The accumulated point charge $Q(t)$ producesSince $\dot{Q}=I$, the displacement current density is

Apply the integral Ampère-Maxwell equation to the boundary of a spherical cap of radius $r$ and polar angle $\theta <\pi /2$. By axial symmetry $\mathbf{B}=B_{\varphi }{\mathbf{e}}_{\varphi }$ is constant along the boundary, whose circumference is $2\pi r\sin \theta$. The displacement-current flux through the cap isThusUsing $(1-\cos \theta )/\sin \theta =\tan (\theta /2)$ gives