Gauss's Law

Electric flux through any closed surface counts only the charge inside — geometry doing physics.

Core Principles & Analysis

• It is one of the four Maxwell equations and is mathematically equivalent to Coulomb’s inverse square law.
• For symmetric charge distributions it yields fields in one line that integration would earn slowly.
• Its magnetic twin — flux always zero — is the statement that magnetic monopoles have never been found.

Specifications & Metrics

• SYMBOL: ∮E·dA = Q/ε₀