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Syllabus



Syllabus

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Course Description


This course runs parallel to 8.02, but assumes that students have some knowledge of vector calculus. The class introduces Maxwell's equations, in both differential and integral form, along with electrostatic and magnetic vector potential, and the properties of dielectrics and magnetic materials. The class also touches on special relativity and the properties of electromagnetic waves.



Prerequisites


Physics I (8.01), Multivariable Calculus (18.02)



Textbooks




Main Text


Amazon logo Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Electrodynamics. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780138053260.



Reference Texts


Amazon logo Purcell, Edward M. "Electricity and Magnetism." In Berkeley Physics Course. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1984. ISBN: 9780070049086.

Amazon logo Feynman, Richard P., Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands. The Feynman Lectures on Physics. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2005. ISBN: 9780805390452.



Grading Policy



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Problem sets25%
Exam 115%
Exam 215%
Exam 315%
Final exam25%
Class participation5%



Calendar



WEEK #SES #TOPICSKEY DATES


Week 1


Introduction, electric field

1Intro: Electrostatics
2Electrostatics problem solving


Week 2


Mathematical background

3Vector review
4Divergence, gradient, curl
5Integral calculus, Dirac delta function
6Dirac delta function, curvilinear coordinates


Week 3


Gauss's law and electric potential

7More curvilinear coordinates: Div and grad in spherical coordinates; Gauss's law
8Applications of Gauss's law: Field lines, point charge, Gaussian surfacesProblem set 1 due
9Applications of Gauss's law: Line charge, plane charge
10Electric potential; Poisson's equation; Laplace's equation


Week 4


Work and energy in electrostatics; conductors and capacitors

11Electrostatic boundary conditions; conductors
12Capacitors, dielectrics, workProblem set 2 due
13Capacitors, work, first and second uniqueness theorems


Week 5


The method of images and multipole expansion

14Method of images
15Parallel plate capacitor, electric dipoleProblem set 3 due
16Separation of variables


Week 6


Exam 1

17Review for exam 1
18Exam 1


Week 7


Magnetostatics and special relativity

19Dielectrics
20Magnetostatics, electric currents
21Special relativityProblem set 4 due
22Special relativity (cont.)


Week 8


Magnetic fields

23Electric fields and force
24Magnetic fields; Lorenz force law
25Cycloidal motion; Biot-Savart lawProblem set 5 due
26Biot-Savart law (cont.); Ampere's lawProblem set 6 due


Week 9


Magnetic fields; Maxwell's laws; magnetic properties of materials

27Maxwell's equations
28Induction
29Magnetic boundary conditions; magnetic dipole
30Magnetization; magnetic properties of materials


Week 10


Exam 2; magnetized materials

31Review for exam 2
32Exam 2
33Ampere's law in magnetized materials
34Bound current; ferromagnetism


Week 11


Circuits

35Circuits
36Circuits; undriven RC circuits; Thevenin's theorem
37Thevenin's theorem (cont.); Ohm's law; Faraday's law; Lenz's lawProblem set 7 due
38Alternating current circuits


Week 12


Circuits (cont.)

39Inductance
40Undriven RLC circuits
41Driven RLC circuits; Ladder impedanceProblem set 8 due


Week 13


Maxwell; momentum

42Maxwell's equations
43Poynting vector; Maxwell stress tensor
44Conservation of momentum; Minkowski force
45Review for exam 3


Week 14


Electromagnetic waves

46Exam 3
47Electromagnetic waves
48Electromagnetic waves (cont.)
49Topics for next week; relativity


Week 15


Advanced topics in relativity; quantum

50Faraday tensor; Maxwell; General relativity
51QuantumProblem set 9 due
52Schrodinger equation

 








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