Laplace equation for the electric potential

in electrostatics, the Laplace equation characterizes the electrostatic potential in the absence of charges

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Formula(s) and Quantity(-ies)

$- \nabla (ϵ_{s} \nabla ϕ) = 0$
$ϵ_{s}$ represents permittivity
$ϕ$ represents electric potential

Further link(s)

Item	Property
electron shuttling model	contains
Gauss's law	specialized by
Pierre-Simon Laplace	notable work
Poisson's equation for the electric potential (semiconductors)	specialized by
solid harmonics	solution to

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