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Gauss law
or Gauss' law, Gauss's law
noun
Physics.
- the principle that the total electric flux of a closed surface in an electric field is equal to 4π times the electric charge inside the surface.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gauss law1
Named after K. F. Gauss
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The award citation says that you were inspired to extend Carl Friedrich Gauss’ law of composition in an unusual way.
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Gauss’ law says that you can compose two quadratic forms, which you can think of as a square of numbers, to get a third square.
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