Question

Will Gauss's Law hold if the electrostatic force is inversely proportional to the 3rd power of the distance???

Answer 1

Anyone???

Answer 2

The Gauss Law relates the flux, and the enclosed charge, and has nothing to do with electrostatic force.

Answer 3

No. We can start with the inverse \(square\) proportionality law known as Newton's Law and derive Gauss's Law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%27s_law_for_gravity#Relation_to_Newton.27s_law

Thus if the inverse law holds so does Gausss' Law.

Conversely, if Gauss's Law does not hold, then neither does the inverse square law.

Answer 4

It won't.