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This configuration is a quadrupole. Show that u satisfies
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Consider a dipole of strength D, oriented along the x-axis and located at the point x =E/2 , y = 0, z = 0, and a dipole of strength -D, oriented along the x-axis at the point x = - ,
y = 0, z = 0. Write the expression for the potential for these two dipoles. Take the limit as , and show that the limiting potential is given by
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This configuration is a quadrupole. Show that u satisfies...
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