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 Sections 15.1-15.2 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition)
-[[184_notes:dq|Next Page: dQ and the $\vec{r}$]]
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+[[184_notes:comp_super|Previous Page: Superposition and the Computer]]*/
 ===== Electric Field and Potential for Lines of Charge =====
-[[184_projects:s18_project_3|In your project last week]], you modeled a line of charge as seven point charges and used [[184_notes:superposition|superposition]] in your code to show what the electric field would look like around the line of charge. The notes this week will show how we can do a similar process for a line of charge analytically (using ideas from calculus) rather than using code. We will also talk about how these ideas ideas extend to large distributions of charge (including 2D sheets of charge and 3D volumes of charge). This page of notes will start by focusing on how we conceptually think of the electric field or electric potential for a line of charge (and we will go into the mathematical details in the next few pages).
+In the previous notes, we talked about how to add fields using [[184_notes:superposition|superposition]], which can be greatly aided by the [[184_notes:comp_super|use of a computer]] (especially if there are many charges). We can also do a similar process for a line of charge analytically (using ideas from calculus) rather than using code. We will also talk about how these ideas ideas extend to large distributions of charge (including 2D sheets of charge and 3D volumes of charge). This page of notes will start by focusing on how we conceptually think of the electric field or electric potential for a line of charge (and we will go into the mathematical details in the next few pages).
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