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Date | Lecture | Reading | Homework | Discussion | Exams |
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Wednesday 1/19/2022 |
Lecture 1 |
Griffiths Chapter 1 Divergence Theorem and Stokes Theorem. Griffiths 2.1 and 2.2 Also, glance at Appendix B |
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Thursday 1/20/2022 |
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Friday 1/21/2022 |
Lecture 2 Electric Potential Function for Static Sources Solution by Superposition Lecture2.pdf Notes/slides marked up in Class Lecture2AU.pdf |
Griffiths Sec.2.3 | HW1 HW1 Solution |
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Monday 1/24/2022 |
Lecture 3 E-field Interaction Energy E-field Energy Density Continuous charge density vs point charges Lecture3.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 2.4 |
Discussion 1 pdf Solutions1 pdf |
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Tuesday 1/25/2022 |
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Wednesday 1/26/2022 | Lecture 4 Conductors and Capacitance Lecture4.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 2.5 |
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Thursday |
Curl Subtleties |
HW1 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 1/28/2022 |
Lecture 5 Electric Potential Function Boundary Conditions and Uniqueness Lecture5.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 3.1 | |||
Monday 1/31/2022 |
Lecture 6 E-field and Potential from charges and conductors Method of Images Problems with Rectangular Symmetry Lecture6.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 3.1 and 3.2.1-3 | HW2 due by Feb 8, 2022 11pm for full credit HW2 Solution |
Discussion 2 Solutions 2 pdf |
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Tuesday 2/1/2022 |
HW1 due for full credit by 11pm to 435 GradeScope homework depository by11pm Fri Feb 4 for 90% |
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Wednesday 2/2/2022 |
Lecture 7 Method of Images Problems with Spherical Symmetry Solution for V(r) Inside and outside a Conducting Sphere Lecture7.pdf |
Griffitrhs Sec 3.2.4 | |||
Thursday 2/3/2022 |
HW2 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 2/4/2022 |
Lecture 8 Separation of Variables for [grad^2]V(r) = 0 Boundary Value Problems with Rectangular Coordinates Lecture8.pdf |
Griffiths Sec 3.3.1 | HW1 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 2/4 | ||
Monday 2/7/2022 |
Lecture 9 Separation of Variables Solutions in Rectangular Coordinates Fourier Series Solutions Lecture9.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 3.3.1 Notes |
HW3 due by Feb 15, 2022 11pm for full credit HW3 Solution |
Discussion 3 Solutions 3 |
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Tuesday 2/8/2022 |
HW2 due for full credit by 11pm Feb 8 to 435 GradeScope homework depository by 11pm Fri Feb 11 for 90% |
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Wednesday 2/9/2022 |
Lecture 10 Separation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates Legendre Polynomials and Spherical Harmonics Lecture10.pdf |
Griffiths Sec. 3.3.2 |
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Thursday 2/10/2022 |
HW3 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 2/11/2022 |
Lecture 11 Examples of Spherical Problems Lecture11.pdf |
Griffiths 3.3.2 | HW2 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 2/11 | ||
Monday 2/14/2022 |
Lecture 12 Green's Functions Solve All Potential Problems! Green's Identity Charges and Boundary Conditions Lecture12.pdf |
Notes Only | HW4 due by Feb 22, 2022 at 11pm for full credit HW4 Solution |
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Tuesday 2/15/2022 |
HW3 due for full creditby 11pm Feb 15 to 435 GradeScope homework depository by 11pm Fri Feb 19 for 90% |
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Wednesday 2/16/2022 |
Lecture 13 Fields from Charges Viewed from Far Away Expansion of Electric Potential in Multipole Moments First Example of Hierarchical Approximations |
Griffiths 3.4 |
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Thursday 2/17/2022 |
HW4 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm View the Zoom link to connect to for office hour. |
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Friday 2/18/2022 |
Lecture 14 Dipoles |
Griffiths 3.4.1 | HW3 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 2/18 | ||
Monday |
Lecture 15 Introduction to Dielectrics Polarization Density Vector Field P Bound Polarization Charge |
Griffiths 4.1 and 4.2 | HW5 due by Tues March 1 by 11pm for full credit HW5 Solution |
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Tuesday 2/22/2022 |
HW4 due for full creditby 11pm Feb 22 to 435 GradeScope homework depository by 11pm Fri Feb 25 for 90% |
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Wednesday 2/23/2022 |
Lecture 16 Introduction to Dielectrics Linear Dielectrics Susceptibility to Polarization by an Applied E-field Emergence of Bound Polarization Charge Self Consistent Solution Required! |
Griffiths 4.4.1 |
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Thursday 2/24/2022 |
HW5 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 2/25/2022 |
Lecture17 The "Displacement" Vector Field D D is a helper Field Boundary Conditions: Matching D-perp and E-parallel at Dielectric Boundaries Self Consistent Potential |
Griffiths 4.3 |
HW4 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 2/25 |
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Monday 2/28/2022 |
Lecture 18 Boundary Value Problems with Dielectrics Cartesian Problems |
Griffiths 4.2 and 4.3 |
Assign HW6 |
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Tuesday 3/1/2022 |
HW5 due for full creditby 11pm March 1 to 435 GradeScope homework depository by 11pm Fri March 4 for 90% |
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Wednesday 3/2/2022 |
Lecture 19 |
Griffiths 4.4 |
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Thursday 3/3/2022 |
HW6 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 3/4/2022 |
Lecture 20 |
Griffiths 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 |
HW5 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 3/4 | ||
Monday 3/7/2022 |
Lecture 21 Electric Currents Ampere's Law Law of Biot and Savart is Complicated! |
Griffiths 5.4 | |||
Tuesday 3/8/2022 |
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HW6 due for full creditby 11pm March 22 to 435 GradeScope homework depository by 11pm Fri March 25 for 90% |
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Wednesday 3/9/2022 |
Lecture 22 |
Griffiths Appendix B | Midterm 1 Lect 1-14 7-9 pm via Zoom |
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Thursday 3/10/2022 |
HW7 Homework Office Hour |
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Friday 3/11/2022 |
Lecture 23 |
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Monday 3/21/2022 |
Lecture 24 Magnetic Multipoles |
Griffiths 5.4.3 | HW7 due March 29, 2022 for full credit HW7 Solution |
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Tuesday 3/22/2022 |
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HW6 due for full creditby 11pm March 22 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Fri March 25 for 90% |
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Wednesday 3/23/2022 |
Lecture 25 |
Griffiths 6.1 |
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Thursday 3/24/2022 |
HW7 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 3/25/2022 |
Lecture 26 Magnetic Materials, Magnetization Density, M. |
Griffiths 6.2 | HW6 90% deadline for HW6 is 11pm Friday 3/25 | ||
Monday 3/28/2022 |
Lecture 27 Bound Currents, Magnetized Objects |
Griffiths 6.3 |
HW8 |
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Tuesday 3/29/2022 |
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HW7 due for full creditby 11pm March 29 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Fri April 1 for 90% |
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Wednesday 3/30/2022 |
Lecture 28 |
Griffiths 7.1 and 7.2 |
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Thursday 3/31/2022 |
HW8 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 4/1/2022 |
Lecture 29 |
Notes |
HW7 90% deadline for HW7 is 11pm Friday 4/1 |
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Monday 4/4/2022 |
Lecture 30 |
Griffiths 7.3 | |||
Tuesday 4/5/2022 |
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HW8 due for full creditby 11pm April 5 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Fri April 8 for 90% |
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Wednesday 4/6/2022 |
Lecture 31 |
Griffiths 8.1 |
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Thursday 4/7/2022 |
HW9 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 4/8/2022 |
Lecture 32 |
Notes Griffiths 9.1 |
HW8 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 4/8 |
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Monday 4/11/2022 |
Lecrture 33 Repairing Ampere's LawEnergy in fields Magnetic Field energy density |
Griffiths 9.2 |
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Solution 11 | |
Tuesday 4/12/2022 |
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Wednesday 4/13/2022 |
Lecture 34 |
Griffiths 9.1.2 Notes |
HW9 due by April 20, 2022 for full credit HW9 Solution |
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Thursday 4/14/2022 |
Midterm Exam 2 7-9 pm |
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Friday 4/15/2022 |
Lecture 35 |
Notes Griffiths 9.3 |
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Monday 4/18/2022 |
Lecture 36 |
Notes |
HW10
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Tuesday 4/19/2022 |
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Wednesday 4/20/2022 |
Lecture 37 |
Griffiths 9.3.3 Notes |
HW9 due for full creditby 11pm April 19 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Fri April 22 for 90% |
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Thursday 4/21/2022 |
HW10 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 4/22/2022 |
Lecture 38 |
Griffiths 9.3.2 Notes |
HW9 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 4/22 |
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Monday 4/25/2022 |
Lecture 39 Reflection and Refraction from Dielecrtric Interfaces II |
Griffiths 9.4 |
HW11 |
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Tuesday 4/26/2022 |
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HW10 due for full creditby 11pm April 26 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Fri April 29 for 90% |
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Wednesday 4/27/2022 |
Lecture 40 |
Notes Griffirths 9.4 |
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Thursday 4/28/2022 |
HW11 Homework Office Hour 144 Loomis 5-6pm |
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Friday 4/29/2022 |
Lecture 41 |
Notes | HW10 90% deadline is 11pm Friday 4/29 | ||
Monday 5/2/2022 |
Lecture 42 Review Statics |
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Tuesday 5/3/2022 |
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HW11 due for full creditby 11pm May 3 to 435 GradeScope homework depository or by 11pm Wed May 4 for 90% |
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Wednesday 5/4/2022 |
Lecture 43 |
HW11 90% deadline is 11pm Wednesday 5/4 |
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Thursday 5/5/2022 |
Reading Day | ||||
Friday 5/6/2022 |
Start of Final Exams |
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Final Information | TBD |