By Team Aakash Byju's
Gauss Law was initially formulated related to the electric fields at the points on a closed surface and the net charge enclosed by that surface.
Since magnetic field lines are continuous loops, Gauss’ Law for magnetism applies to the magnetic flux through all closed surfaces.
It states that "the net magnetic flux through a closed surface is zero". That means no magnetic monopoles exist.
If Φ represents the net flux and B represents the magnetic flux, then the Gauss’ Law for magnetism can be expressed as:
This can be understood using the example of a magnet. No magnets can ever be entirely north or south.
Every magnet has two opposite poles. Hence no magnet is a monopole, all are dipoles.
Hence the law is also recognised as the "absence of free magnetic poles".
Since it is found that monopoles can be created artificially, it is interpreted that we cannot say that the monopoles do not exist.
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