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what is image charge?

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what is image charge?

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Bipin Dubey

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13 May 2012 13:58:21 IST

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The method of image charges (also known as the method of images and method of mirror charges) is a basic problem-solving tool in electrostatics. The name originates from the replacement of certain elements in the original layout with imaginary charges, which replicates the boundary conditions of the problem

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