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where t o is the permittivity of free space (see Section 23.3) and 41/4 di . is the
electric flux (see Eq. 24.3) through the surface bounded by the path of integration.
As the capacitor is being charged (or discharged). the changing electric field
between the plates may be considered equivalent to a current that acts as a continu-
ation of the conduction current in the wire. When the expression for the displace -
ment current given by Equation 34.1 is added to the conduction current on the
right side of Ampere's law, the difficulty represented in Figure 34.1 is resolved. No
matter which surface bounded by the path Pis chosen, either a conduction current
or a displacement current passes through it. With this new term 1 4 . we can express
the general form of Ampere's law (sometimes called the Ampere-Maxwell law) as

Ampere—Maxwell law ►
f i•dl-po(1+ -141+pood÷:
(34.2)

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