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Gauss's law

foundational law of electromagnetism
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Summary

Gauss's law is a physical law[1]. It draws 5,021 Wikipedia views per month (physical law category, ranking #21 of 113).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Carl Friedrich Gauss[3]
  • Commons category: Gauss' Law[4]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/gauss-law[5]
  • Different from: competitive exclusion principle[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[8]

Why It Matters

Gauss's law has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Carl Friedrich Gauss

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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