The skin effect is due to the self-inductance of a conductor, and it becomes very relevant at high frequencies. A rigorous mathematical treatment of this effect is cumbersome, and several approximations are used for practical purposes. In this paper, a simple model that shows all the relevant properties of the effect is introduced. A closed analytical solution is obtained, which qualitatively agrees with more rigorous approaches.
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