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A metal ball of radius `a` is surrounded by a thin concentric metal shell of radius `b`. The space between these electrodes is filled up with a poorly conducting homogenous medium of resistivity `rho`. Find the resistance of the interelectrode gap. Analyse the obtained solution at `b rarr oo`.

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