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It is of common knowledge that every magnet attracts pieces of iron and has two poles: a north pole (N) and a south pole (S). In addition, given two magnets, like poles (N–N or S–S) repel each other, and opposite poles (N–S) attract each other. Moreover, if we cut a magnet in half, we do not obtain isolated north and south poles. Instead, we get two magnets, each with its own north and south pole.
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Radi, H.A., Rasmussen, J.O. (2013). Magnetic Fields. In: Principles of Physics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23026-4_25
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