Prove that, if an insulated, uncharged conductor is placed near a charged conductor and no other conductors are present,
Prove that, if an insulated, uncharged conductor is placed near a charged conductor and no other conductors are present, the uncharged body must be intermediate in potential between that of the charged body and that of infinity.
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Consider any path from the charged conductor to the uncharged conductor along the electric field. The potential will continually decrease along this path. A second path from the uncharged conductor to infinity will again continually lower the potential further. Hence this result.
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