Eligible proofs

Your proof will be selected randomly at the beginning of your Proof meeting, by roll of an ordinary six-sided die. Here are the proofs from which the die will currently select.

Click here for concise statements of each theorem, and of the rules governing Proof Meetings.

 
 
1. Theorems 1 and 2 in Griffiths (p. 52), starting with condition d in each. See Homework 2
 
Gauss' divergence theorem See Lecture 2
 
2. Stokes' curl theorem See Lecture 2
 
3. Gauss' Law of Electricity See Lecture 5
 
The Lemma (the harmonic-function average lemma) Ineligible after 3 November 2026 See Lecture 8
 
4. Uniqueness of solutions to the Poisson and Laplace equations See Lecture 8
 
5. Ampere's Law of Magnetism, magnetostatic version See Lecture 18
 
6. Helmholtz's field theorem See Lecture 19
 
Poynting's theorem See Lecture 26
 
Alfven's theorem See Lecture 27
 
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