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Name: Gauss' Law
ID: m1005
Language: English (en)
Summary: Introduction of Gauss' Law, one of the field theories.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Gauss' Law
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Copyright Holders: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Maintainers: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net), Liqun Wang (liqun@rice.edu), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu), Gerard Wysocki (gerardw@rice.edu)

Version: 2.15 (history)
Created: Aug 4, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Sep 6, 2007 5:07 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.15 Sep 6, 2007 5:07 pm GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
RSW: fixed some math and added commas in last sentence to increase clarity

Version: 2.14 Aug 30, 2007 4:39 pm GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
RSW: removed extra epsilon symbol in equations 4,5,7

Version: 2.13 Aug 14, 2007 11:01 am GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
publish to add Gerard Wysocki as maintainer

Version: 2.12 Aug 16, 2004 11:52 am GMT-5 by Bill Wilson
Changes:
 hold till later  print out to check math - looks suspect

Version: 2.11 Jul 30, 2003 4:50 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
fixed some math - missing times epsi

Version: 2.10 Jul 14, 2003 11:50 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Added a bit at the end, plus a few small edits.

Version: 2.9 Jul 3, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Resized images

Version: 2.8 Jul 1, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Upgrade to 0.5

Version: 2.7 Jun 5, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
changed markup of contour (surface) integral, added spaces between Gauss(apos) and Law, converted to cnxml 0.4

Version: 2.6 Nov 19, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Updated to CNXML 0.3.5

Version: 2.5 Nov 5, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
fixed unit display

Version: 2.4 Oct 31, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
corrected math symbols and equations

Version: 2.3 Aug 14, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Moved images up out of images/ directory (Jenn).

Version: 2.2 Jun 4, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
add maintainerlist and change to version 0.3.

Version: 2.1 May 29, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
add maintainerlist and change to version 0.3.

Version: 2.0 Aug 4, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Bumped version to 2.0

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