% Griffiths (3rd ed) problem 2.36 page 101 \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fullpage,enumerate,graphicx} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{center} \textbf{\large SPHERICAL CAVITIES} \end{center} \bigskip Two spherical cavities, of radii $a$ and $b$, are hollowed out from the interior of a (neutral) conducting sphere of radius $R$, as in the figure below. At the center of each cavity a point charge is placed --- call these charges $q_a$ and $q_b$. \begin{enumerate}[(a)] \item Find the surface charges $\sigma_a$, $\sigma_b$, and $\sigma_R$. \item What is the field outside the conductor? \item What is the field within each cavity? \item What is the force on $q_a$ and $q_b$? \item Which of these answers would change if a third charge, $q_c$, were brought near the conductor? \end{enumerate} \bigskip \begin{center} \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{cavities.pdf} \end{center} \vfill Griffiths 2.36 \end{document}