Introduction to Electrodynamics
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Author: David J. Griffiths
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Chapter 3.3, Problem 3.15P
A rectangular pipe, running parallel to the z-axis (from
(a) Develop a general formula for the potential inside the pipe.
(b) Find the potential explicitly, for the case
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