PHYS 436 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Date | Lecture | Reading (Griffiths Sections) | Homework | Discussion | Exams |
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| Monday 8/25/2025 |
Lecture 1 |
1.1 - 7.2 |
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| Tuesday 8/26/2025 |
No Discussion | ||||
| Wednesday 8/27/2025 |
Lecture 2 Locality and Maxwell's Equations Conservation Laws in Electrodynamics Lecture2.pdf |
7.3 - 8.1.1 | |||
| Friday 8/29/2025 |
Lecture 3 Poynting's Theorem Lecture3.pdf |
8.1.2, 8.2.1 | Assign HW1 due Sep 5, 2025 23:59 for 100% Sep 10, 2025 23:59 for 75% Solution |
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| Monday 9/1/2025 |
No class (Labor Day) | ||||
| Tuesday 9/2/2025 |
Discussion 1 pdf Solutions 1 pdf |
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Wednesday |
Lecture 4 |
8.2.2 | |||
| Friday 9/5/2025 |
Lecture 5 Maxwell Stress Tensor Lecture5.pdf |
8.2.3 |
Assign HW2 |
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| Monday 9/8/2025 |
Lecture 6 EM Angular Momentum Density Lecture6.pdf |
8.2.4 |
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| Tuesday 9/9/2025 |
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Discussion 2 pdf Solutions 2 pdf |
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| Wednesday 9/10/2025 |
Lecture 7 Classical Wave Equation Lecture7.pdf |
9.1 | |||
| Friday 9/12/2025 |
Lecture 8 Electromagnetic Waves Lecture8.pdf |
9.2.1, 9.2.2 | Assign HW3 due Sep 19, 2025 23:59 for 100% Sep 24, 2025 23:59 for 75% Solution |
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| Monday 9/15/2025 |
Lecture 9 Energy and Momentum of EM Waves Lecture9.pdf |
9.2.3 |
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| Tuesday 9/16/2025 |
Discussion 3 pdf Solutions 3 pdf |
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| Wednesday 9/17/2023 |
Lecture 10 EM Waves in Isotropic Linear Media Lecture10.pdf |
9.3.1 | |||
| Friday 9/19/2023 |
Lecture 11 Normal Reflection and Transmission of EM Waves Lecture11.pdf |
9.3.2 |
Assign HW4 |
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| Monday 9/22/2025 |
Lecture 12 Oblique Reflection and Transmission of EM Waves I Lecture12-13.pdf |
9.3.3 |
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| Tuesday 9/23/2025 |
Discussion 4 pdf Solutions 4 pdf |
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| Wednesday 9/24/2025 |
Lecture 13 Oblique Reflection and Transmission of EM Waves II |
9.3.3 |
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| Friday 9/26/2025 |
Lecture 14 EM Waves in Conductors Lecture14.pdf |
9.4.1 | Assign HW5 due Oct 3, 2025 23:59 for 100% Oct 8, 2025 23:59 for 75% Solution |
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Monday |
Lecture 15 Optical Dispersion Lecture15.pdf |
9.4.2 |
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| Tuesday 9/30/2025 |
Discussion 5 pdf Solutions 5 pdf |
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| Wednesday 10/1/2025 |
Lecture 16 Rectangular Wave Guides Lecture16.pdf |
9.5.2 |
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| Friday 10/3/2025 |
Lecture 17 |
9.5.1 | |||
| Monday 10/6/2025 |
Lecture 18 Coaxial Cables Lecture18.pdf |
9.5.3 |
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| Tuesday 10/7/2025 |
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Discussion 6 pdf Solutions 6 pdf |
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| Wednesday 10/8/2025 |
Lecture 19 |
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| Friday 10/10/2025 |
No Lecture Formula sheet.pdf |
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| Monday 10/13/2025 |
MidTerm 1 | ||||
| Tuesday 10/14/2025 |
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No Discussion |
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| Wednesday 10/15/2025 |
Lecture 20 |
10.1.1 | |||
| Friday 10/17/2025 |
Lecture 21 |
10.1.2, 10.1.3 |
Assign |
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| Monday 10/20/2025 |
Lecture 22 |
10.2 | |||
| Tuesday 10/21/2025 |
Discussion 7 Solutions 7 |
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| Wednesday 10/22/2025 |
Lecture 23 |
10.3.1 | |||
| Friday 10/24/2025 |
Lecture 24 |
10.3.2 | Assign due Oct 31, 2025 23:59 for 100% Nov 5, 2025 23:59 for 75% HW7 |
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| Monday 10/27/2025 |
Lecture 25 E&M Field of a Moving Charge 2 |
10.3.2 |
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| Tuesday 10/28/2025 |
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Discussion 7 Solutions 7 |
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| Wednesday 10/29/2025 |
Lecture 26 |
11.1.1, 11.1.2 |
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| Friday 10/31/2025 |
Lecture 27 Radiation from Arbitrary Charge / Current Distribution 1 |
11.1.4 | Assign due Nov 7, 2025 23:59 for 100% Nov 12, 2025 23:59 for 75% HW8 |
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| Monday 11/3/2025 |
Lecture 28 |
11.1.4 |
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| Tuesday 11/4/2025 |
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Discussion 8 Solutions 8 |
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| Wednesday 11/5/2025 |
Lecture 29 |
11.1.3 | |||
| Friday 11/7/2025 |
Lecture 30 |
11.2.1, 11.2.2 |
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| Monday 11/10/2025 |
Lecture 31 Radiation Reaction |
11.2.3 | |||
| Tuesday 11/11/2025 |
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No Discussion |
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| Wednesday 11/12/2025 |
No Lecture |
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| Friday 11/14/2025 |
Midterm 2 |
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| Monday 11/17/2025 |
Lecture 32 |
12.1.1, 12.1.2 |
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| Tuesday 11/18/2025 |
Discussion 9 Solutions 9 |
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| Wednesday 11/19/2025 |
Lecture 33 |
12.1.3, 12.1.4 | |||
| Friday 11/21/2025 |
Lecture 34 |
12.2 |
Assign
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| Monday 11/24/2025 |
Fall Break (no class) |
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| Tuesday 11/25/2025 |
Fall Break (no section) |
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| Wednesday 11/26/2025 |
Fall Break (no class) | ||||
| Friday 11/28/2025 |
Fall Break (no class) |
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| Monday 12/1/2025 |
Lecture 35 Potential in covariant form |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 |
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| Tuesday 12/2/2025 |
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Discussion 10 Solutions 10 |
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| Wednesday 12/3/2025 |
Lecture 36 |
12.3.1, 12.3.2, 12.3.3, | Assign due Dec 9, 2025 23:59 for 100% Dec 11, 2025 23:59 for 75% HW10 |
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| Friday 12/5/2025 |
No lecture | ||||
| Monday 12/8/2025 |
Lecture 37 |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 | |||
| Tuesday 12/9/2025 |
Discussion 11 Solutions 11
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| Thursday 12/11/2025 |
Reading Day |
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| Friday 12/12/2025 |
Exams Start |
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| Monday 12/15/2023 |
Final Exam 8:00AM~11:00AM in Loomis 144 |