Kirchoff's laws

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Kirchoff's laws

Kirchoff's laws govern electrical networks. Given an electrical network G=(V,E), it must satisfy the following laws:

Kirchoff's first law: for any v∈G, the current coming in is equal to the current coming out:

∑i→evIe=∑v→e′iIe′

Kirchoff's second law: For all undirected cycles in G, the signed sum of the voltages in this cycle is 0.

Ohm's law: for all e∈E,

Ve=Ie⋅Re

See also potential function for equivalent conditions