Unique shape of uniformly polarizable dielectrics
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 28 (4) , 978-980
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527590
Abstract
A homogeneous isotropic dielectric body, placed in a uniform external electric field, will acquire a polarization P(r). If the body is an ellipsoid then P is uniform. A proof is presented showing that only ellipsoidal bodies have this property.Keywords
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