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Q.Write down Maxwell equations in integral form.

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Step 1. First equation -- Gauss's law for electricity: ∮E⃗⋅dA⃗=Qenclosedϵ0\displaystyle\oint\vec E\cdot d\vec A=\dfrac{Q_{enclosed}}{\epsilon_0}. This relates the net electric flux through a closed surface to the net charge it encloses, and implies that electric field lines begin on positive charges and end on negative charges, so isolated positive or negative charges can exist.

Step 2. Second equation -- Gauss's law for magnetism: ∮B⃗⋅dA⃗=0\displaystyle\oint\vec B\cdot d\vec A=0. The net magnetic flux through any closed surface is always zero, meaning magnetic field lines always form closed loops -- no isolated magnetic monopole exists.

Step 3. Third equation -- Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction: ∮E⃗⋅dl⃗=−dΦBdt\displaystyle\oint\vec E\cdot d\vec l=-\dfrac{d\Phi_B}{dt}. The line integral of the electric field around a closed path equals the negative rate of change of magnetic flux through the surface it bounds.

Step 4. Fourth equation -- the Ampere-Maxwell law: ∮B⃗⋅dl⃗=μ0iC+μ0ϵ0dΦEdt\displaystyle\oint\vec B\cdot d\vec l=\mu_0 i_C+\mu_0\epsilon_0\dfrac{d\Phi_E}{dt}. The line integral of the magnetic field around a closed path is produced by both the conduction current and Maxwell's displacement-current correction term through the surface it bounds.

Step 5. Together, these four integral-form equations completely describe classical electrodynamics and mathematically guarantee that a changing EE and a changing BB field can regenerate each other and propagate through space as an electromagnetic wave.

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The four equations are ∮E⃗⋅dA⃗=Qenc/ϵ0\oint\vec E\cdot d\vec A=Q_{enc}/\epsilon_0, ∮B⃗⋅dA⃗=0\oint\vec B\cdot d\vec A=0, ∮E⃗⋅dl⃗=−dΦB/dt\oint\vec E\cdot d\vec l=-d\Phi_B/dt, and ∮B⃗⋅dl⃗=μ0iC+μ0ϵ0 dΦE/dt\oint\vec B\cdot d\vec l=\mu_0 i_C+\mu_0\epsilon_0\,d\Phi_E/dt.

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