Ampère theorem

Ampère theorem

[′äm‚per ‚thir·əm]

(electromagnetism)

The theorem which states that an electric current flowing in a circuit produces a magnetic field at external points equivalent to that due to a magnetic shell whose bounding edge is the conductor and whose strength is equal to the strength of the current.

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