Expressions for the polarizability of a conducting ellipsoid and for the capacitance of an isolated conducting ellipsoid are suggested.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 84‒92, October, 2009.
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Nechaev, M.A. Polarizability and capacitance of a conducting ellipsoid. Russ Phys J 52, 1098–1110 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-010-9345-x
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