PHYS 436 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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All problems are from the 3rd edition of Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics. If you are using the 4th edition, refer to the individual pdf files for specific problems.
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| Week | Date | Topic | Reading (Griffiths Sections) | Homework | Discussion |
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| 1 | - | - | Homework #1 (pdf) Due Friday, Jan. 26 @ midnight |
No discussion |
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| Wednesday 1/17/2023 |
Lecture 1 Introduction, Conservation Laws, Poynting's Theorem |
8.1.1, 8.1.2 |
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| Friday 1/19/2023 |
Lecture 1 Conservation laws, cont. |
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| 2 | Monday 1/22/2023 |
Lecture 2 Momentum in E&M, Maxwell Stress Tensor |
8.2.1, 8.2.2 |
Homework #2 (pdf) |
Discussion 1 |
| Wednesday 1/24/2023 |
Lecture 3 Maxwell Stress Tensor, cont. |
8.2.2 continued |
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| Friday 1/26/2023 |
Lecture 4 Conservation of Momentum |
8.2.3 |
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| 3 | Monday 1/29/2023 |
No Class (Prof. A at Photonics West) |
Homework #3 (pdf) |
Discussion 2 | |
| Wednesday 2/31/2023 |
Lecture 5 Angular Momentum in E&M |
8.2.4 |
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| Friday 2/2/2023 |
Lecture 6 Classical Wave Equation |
9.1.1-9.1.4 (selected topics) |
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| 4 | Monday 2/5/2023 |
Lecture 7 Electromagnetic Waves |
9.2.1, 9.2.2 |
Homework #4 |
Discussion 3 |
| Wednesday 2/7/2023 |
Lecture 8 Energy and Momentum of EM Waves |
9.2.3 |
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| Friday 2/9/2023 |
Lecture 9 EM Waves in Linear Media |
9.3.1 |
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| 5 | Monday 2/12/2023 |
No Class (Prof. A at Brown) |
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Homework #5 |
Discussion 4 |
| Wednesday 2/14/2023 |
Lecture 10 Reflection and Transmission at an Interface |
9.3.2, 9.3.3 | |||
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Friday |
Lecture 11 Fresnel Formulas |
9.3.3 continued |
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| 6 | Monday 2/19/2023 |
Lecture 12 EM Waves in Conductors |
9.4.1, 9.4.2 |
Homework #6 Due |
Discussion 5 |
| Wednesday 2/21/2023 |
Lecture 13 Absorption, Optical Dispersion |
9.4.3 |
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| Friday 2/23/2023 |
Lecture 14 Waveguides |
9.5.1, 9.5.2 |
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| 7 | Monday 2/26/2023 |
Lecture 15 Transmission Lines |
9.5.2, 9.5.3 |
No homework |
Discussion 6 |
| Wednesday 2/28/2023 |
No Class (Prof. A at ORNL) |
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| Friday 3/1/2023 |
Lecture 16 |
Problem 9.38 |
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| 8 | Monday 3/4/2023 |
Lecture 17 Potential Formulation of Electrodynamics |
10.1.1, 10.1.2 |
Homework #7 |
No Discussion |
| Wednesday 3/6/2023 |
Hour Exam I |
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| Friday 3/8/2023 |
Lecture 18 Gauge Transformations |
10.1.2 cont., 10.1.3 |
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| 9 | Monday 3/11/2023 |
Spring Break | - | - | |
| Wednesday 3/13/2023 |
Spring Break | ||||
| Friday 3/15/2023 |
Spring Break | ||||
| 10 | Monday 3/18/2023 |
Lecture 19 Retarded and Advanced Potentials |
10.2.1, 10.2.2 |
Homework #8 |
Discussion 7 |
| Wednesday 3/20/2023 |
Lecture 20 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials |
10.3.1 |
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| Friday 3/22/2023 |
Lecture 21 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials, cont. |
10.3.1 continued |
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| 11 | Monday 3/25/2023 |
Lecture 22 Fields from a Moving Point Charge |
10.3.2 |
Homework #9 |
Discussion 8 |
| Wednesday 3/27/2023 |
No Class (Prof. A at Rutgers) | ||||
| Friday 3/29/2023 |
Lecture 23 Electric Dipole Radiation |
11.1.1, 11.1.2 |
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| 12 | Monday 4/1/2023 |
Lecture 24 Magnetic Dipole Radiation, Antennas |
11.1.2 cont., 11.1.3 |
No homework | Discussion 9 |
| Wednesday 4/3/2023 |
Lecture 25 Radiation from Higher Order Multipoles |
11.1.4 |
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| Friday 4/5/2023 |
Lecture 26 Larmor Formula |
11.2.1, 11.2.2 |
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| 13 | Monday 4/8/2023 |
Lecture 27 Radiation Reaction, Abraham-Lorentz Formula |
11.2.2 cont., 11.2.3 |
Homework #10 |
No discussion |
| Wednesday 4/10/2023 |
Hour Exam II |
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| Friday 4/12/2023 |
Lecture 28 Review of Special Relativity |
12.1.1, 12.1.2 | |||
| 14 | Monday 4/15/2023 |
Lecture 29 Lorentz Transformations |
12.1.3, 12.1.4 |
Homework #11 |
Discussion 10 |
| Wednesday 4/17/2023 |
Lecture 30 Relativistic Dynamics |
12.2.1, 12.2.2 |
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| Friday 4/19/2023 |
Lecture 31 Hidden Momentum |
12.2.3, 12.2.4 | |||
| 15 | Monday 4/22/2023 |
Lecture 32 Magnetism as a Relativistic Phenomenon |
12.3.1, 12.3.2 |
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Discussion 11 |
| Wednesday 4/24/2023 |
No class (Prof. A. at U. Maryland) |
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| Friday 4/26/2023 |
Lecture 33 Lorentz Transformation of E and B |
12.3.3, 12.3.4 |
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| 16 |
Monday |
Lecture 34 Electromagnetic Field Tensor |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 |
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| Discussion 12 | |||||
| Wednesday 5/1/2023 |
Lecture 35 Potentials in Covariant Form |
12.3.4, 12.3.5 | |||
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Friday |
Final Exam 7-10 pm, 1024 Chemistry Annex |