Hi,
two capacitors connected together.
Are they now in parallel or in series? Its a chicken-and-egg problem.
But one knows:
* both voltages before connection
* both charges before connection
* both capacitances befroe connection
* and how they are connected.
--> No need to know whether they are in series or in parallel.
Klaus
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Circuit is anti-parallel.
Why not "series", or "anti-series"? - I really don´t know.
If we consider both capacitors as "power supply" or as "battery" and one connects "+" of the one with "-" of the other then we call it (straight) series connection.
But what if we connect the still open "-" with the still open "+" will it now become "anti" and "parallel"?
Couldn´t we call it "short circuited series connection"?
But as said above: Maybe one should not care about the naming. The definition of the task is clear.
Klaus