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I'm working on an electrostatics problem that I'd appreciate some clarification on. I'm trying to compute the surface integral of a field [tex]\lambda(ix +jy)[/tex] over a surface that is the half cylinder centered on the origin parallel to the x-axis - that is the end caps of the cylinder are located at 1/2*h. Now, when I'm dealing with the end cap centered on the negative x axis, the normal vector is -i, so the surface integral is negative, and when it's on the positive x axis, the normal vector is i and the surface integral is the same but positive. Does this mean that the total flux through both of these sections of the surface is zero?
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