Sunday, 22 March 2015

electrostatics - Why is there a factor of $4pi$ in certain force equations?


I mean to ask why there is $4\pi$ present in force equations governing electricity? Though all objects in universe are not spherical and circular, the constant of proportionality in both equations contain $4\pi$. Why?




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