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Fields / PDE

Poisson Equation

Relates a potential to its source.

∇²φ = −ρ/ε

What it means

The Poisson equation appears in electrostatics, gravitation, and incompressible flow, linking a potential field to a source distribution.

Variables

φpotential
ρsource density
εpermittivity

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