Ampere's Law

The magnetic field in space around an electric current is proportional to the electric current which serves as its source, just as the electric field in space is proportional to the charge which serves as its source. Ampere's Law states that for any closed loop path, the sum of the length elements times the magnetic field in the direction of the length element is equal to the permeability times the electric current enclosed in the loop.

In the electric case, the relation of field to source is quantified in Gauss's Law which is a very powerful tool for calculating electric fields.

ApplicationsMore general form:Maxwell's equation
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Ampere's law

Currents as magnetic field sources
 
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