The connection between the local and global conservation laws is provided by a theorem called Gauss’s theorem. In your course on electromagnetism, you learned Gauss’s law, which relates the electric f...The connection between the local and global conservation laws is provided by a theorem called Gauss’s theorem. In your course on electromagnetism, you learned Gauss’s law, which relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the charge contained inside the surface. In the case where no charges are present, it says that the flux through such a surface cancels out.
