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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.

All of the readings are from Griffiths, unless otherwise noted.


WEEK #SES #TOPICSREADINGS


Week 1


Introduction, electric field

1Intro: ElectrostaticsSections 2.1.1-2.1.4.
2Electrostatics problem solving


Week 2


Mathematical background

3Vector review

Review: Vectors


Sections 1.1.1-1.1.4.



Differential calculus: Div, grad, curl


Sections 1.2.1-1.2.7.

4Divergence, gradient, curlSections 1.3.1-1.3.3.
5Integral calculus, Dirac delta functionSection 1.3.4.
6Dirac delta function, curvilinear coordinatesSection 1.5.


Week 3


Gauss's law and electric potential

7More curvilinear coordinates: Div and grad in spherical coordinates; Gauss's lawSection 1.41.
8Applications of Gauss's law: Field lines, point charge, Gaussian surfaces

Divergence of electrostatic fields


Sections 2.2.1-2.2.2.



Application of Gauss's law


Section 2.2.3.

9Applications of Gauss's law: Line charge, plane charge

Application of Gauss's law


Section 2.2.3.



The curl of electric field


Section 2.2.4.

10Electric potential; Poisson's equation; Laplace's equationSections 2.3.1-2.3.5.


Week 4


Work and energy in electrostatics; conductors and capacitors

11Electrostatic boundary conditions; conductors

Electrostatic boundary conditions


Section 2.3.5.



Conductors


Section 2.5.

12Capacitors, dielectrics, workSections 2.4.1-2.4.4.
13Capacitors, work, first and second uniqueness theoremsSections 2.5.1-2.5.4.


Week 5


The method of images and multipole expansion

14Method of images

Laplace's equation


Sections 3.1.3-3.1.6.



The method of images


Sections 3.2.1-3.2.4.

15Parallel plate capacitor, electric dipole

Multipole expansion


Sections 3.4.1-3.4.2.



Electric dipole


Sections 3.4.3-3.4.4.

16Separation of variablesSection 3.3.


Week 6


Exam 1

17Review for exam 1
18Exam 1


Week 7


Magnetostatics and special relativity

19DielectricsSections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.
20Magnetostatics, electric currents

Dielectrics


Section 4.4.



Electricity and magnetism


Purcell. Chapter 4.

21Special relativity

Electricity and magnetism


Purcell. Chapter 4.

22Special relativity (cont.)

Sections 12.1.1-12.1.4.

Purcell. Chapter 5.



Week 8


Magnetic fields

23Electric fields and force

Sections 12.1.1-12.1.4.

Purcell. Chapter 5.

24Magnetic fields; Lorenz force lawSections 5.1.1-5.1.3.
25Cycloidal motion; Biot-Savart lawSections 5.1.1-5.1.3.
26Biot-Savart law (cont.); Ampere's law

Section 12.3.1.

Purcell. Chapter 5.



Week 9


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

27Maxwell's equationsSections 5.3.1-5.3.4.
28Induction

Problem solving Ampere's law


Sections 5.3.1-5.3.4.



Griffiths vector potential


Section 5.4.1.

29Magnetic boundary conditions; magnetic dipoleSection 5.2.
30Magnetization; magnetic properties of materials

Magnetic boundary conditions


Section 5.4.2.



Multipole expansion of vector potential, magnetic moments


Section 5.4.3.



Week 10


Exam 2; magnetized materials

31Review for exam 2
32Exam 2
33Ampere's law in magnetized materials

Magnetization


Sections 6.1-6.4.



Magnetic properties of materials and quantum mechanics


Feynman. Chapters 34-37.

34Bound current; ferromagnetismSections 7.1.1-7.1.3.


Week 11


Circuits

35Circuits

Faraday's law of induction


Section 7.2.1.



The induced electric field


Section 7.2.2.

36Circuits; undriven RC circuits; Thevenin's theoremSection 7.2.3.
37Thevenin's theorem (cont.); Ohm's law; Faraday's law; Lenz's lawSection 7.2.4.
38Alternating current circuitsSection 7.2.4.


Week 12


Circuits (cont.)

39Inductance

Alternating current circuits


Purcell. Chapter 8.

40Undriven RLC circuits

Alternating current circuits


Purcell. Chapter 8.

41Driven RLC circuits; Ladder impedancePurcell. Chapter 8.


Week 13


Maxwell; momentum

42Maxwell's equations

Alternating current circuits


Purcell. Chapter 8.



Maxwell's equations


Section 7.3.

43Poynting vector; Maxwell stress tensorSection 7.3.
44Conservation of momentum; Minkowski force

Sections 8.1.1-8.1.2.



Momentum


Section 8.2.

45Review for exam 3


Week 14


Electromagnetic waves

46Exam 3
47Electromagnetic wavesSections 9.1.1.1-9.1.2.
48Electromagnetic waves (cont.)Sections 9.1.1.1-9.1.3.
49Topics for next week; relativitySections 12.1-12.3.


Week 15


Advanced topics in relativity; quantum

50Faraday tensor; Maxwell; General relativitySections 12.1-12.3.
51Quantum
52Schrodinger equation

 








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