PHYS 435 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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.

Week	Date	Lecture	Reading	Homework	Discussion
1	Monday 8/26/2019	Lecture 1 Introduction / Electric Field pdf	Griffiths 2.1, 2.2.1-2.2.4 ( Please also review the basics of vector calculus. There is a nice review in Griffiths Ch. 1. )	Homework #1: Griffiths problems 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14 Due Wed. Sept. 4 @ 5 pm
	Wednesday 8/28/2019	Lecture 2 Gauss’s Law pdf
	Friday 8/30/2019	Lecture 3 Divergence and Curl pdf
2	Monday 9/2/2019	Labor day (no class)	Griffiths 2.3.1-2.3.5	Homework #2: Griffiths problems 1.42a,c, 2.20, 2.24, 2.25 (and relevant questions) Due Wed. Sept. 11 @ 5 pm	No Discussion (labor day)
	Wednesday 9/4/2019	Lecture 4 Electric Potential I pdf
	Friday 9/6/2019	Lecture 5 Electric Potential II pdf
3	Monday 9/9/2019	Lecture 6 Work and Energy pdf	Griffiths 2.4, 2.5, 3.1.1-3.1.4	Homework #3: Griffiths problems 2.27, 2.30b, 2.35, 2.36 Due Wed. Sept. 18 @ 5 pm	Discussion #1 Solution discussion 1
	Wednesday 9/11/2019	Lecture 7 Conductors pdf
	Friday 9/13/2019	Lecture 8 Laplace's Equation pdf
4	Monday 9/16/2019	Lecture 9 Uniqueness Theorem pdf	Griffiths 3.1.5, 3.2, 3.3.1	Homework #4: Griffiths problems 2.38, 2.39, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7 Due Wed. Sept. 25 @ 5 pm	Discussion #2 Solution discussion 2
	Wednesday 9/18/2019	Lecture 10 Method of Images pdf
	Friday 9/20/2019	Lecture 11 Separation of Variables I (guest lecture from Astha Sethi) pdf
5	Monday 9/23/2019	(no class)	Griffiths 3.3.2, 3.4	No homework	Discussion #3 Solution discussion 3
	Wednesday 9/25/2019	Lecture 12 Separation of Variables II (guest lecture from Astha Sethi) pdf
	Friday 9/27/2019	Lecture 13 Multipole Expansions pdf
6	Monday 9/30/2019	Lecture 14 Polarization pdf	Griffiths 4.1-4.3	Homework #5: Griffiths problems 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 3.21 Due ~~Wed. Oct. 9~~ Mon. Oct. 14 @ 5 pm	No Discussion
	Wednesday 10/2/2019	Hour Exam I solutions
	Friday 10/4/2019	Lecture 15 Electric Displacement pdf
7	Monday 10/7/2019	Lecture 16 Linear Dielectrics I pdf	Griffiths 4.4.1-4.4.4, 5.1	Homework #6: Griffiths problems 3.26, 3.32, 4.6, 4.7, 4.10, 4.11, 4.17 Due Wed. Oct. 16 @ 5 pm	Discussion #4 Solution Discussion 4
	Wednesday 10/9/2019	Lecture 17 Linear Dielectrics II pdf
	Friday 10/11/2019	Lecture 18 Lorentz Force Law pdf
8	Monday 10/14/2019	Lecture 19 Biot-Savart Law pdf	Griffiths 5.2, 5.3.1-5.3.4	Homework #7: Griffiths problems 4.18, 4.21, 4.24, 4.26, 5.6 Due ~~Wed. Oct. 23~~ Mon. Oct. 28 @ 5 pm	Discussion #5 Solution Discussion 5
	Wednesday 10/16/2019	No Class
	Friday 10/18/2019	Lecture 20 Ampere's Law I pdf
9	Monday 10/21/2019	Lecture 21 Ampere's Law II pdf	Griffiths 5.4.1-5.4.3	Homework #8: Griffiths problems 5.8, 5.10, 5.13, 5.15, 5.16, 6.4 Due Wed. Oct. 30 @ 5 pm	Discussion #6 Solution Discussion 6
	Wednesday 10/23/2019	Lecture 22 Vector Potential (guest lecture from Astha Sethi) pdf
	Friday 10/25/2019	Lecture 23 Multipole Expansion pdf
10	Monday 10/28/2019	Lecture 24 Magnetization pdf	Griffiths 6.1-6.2	No homework	Discussion #7 Solution Discussion 7
	Wednesday 10/30/2019	Lecture 25 Field of a Magnetized Object pdf
	Friday 11/1/2019	Lecture 26 Auxiliary Field, H pdf
11	Monday 11/4/2019	Hour Exam II solutions	Griffiths 6.3, 6.4, 7.1.1	Homework #9: Griffiths problems 5.22, 5.23, 5.26, 5.34, 6.3, 6.8 Due Wed. Nov. 13 @ 5 pm	No Discussion
	Wednesday 11/6/2019	Lecture 27 Linear and Nonlinear Media pdf
	Friday 11/8/2019	Lecture 28 Conductivity pdf
12	Monday 11/11/2019	Lecture 29 Electromotive Force pdf	Griffiths 7.1.2-7.1.3, 7.2.1-7.2.2	Homework #10: Griffiths problems 6.12, 6.16, 6.17, 7.1, 7.7, 7.8 Due Fri. Nov. 22 @ 5 pm	Discussion #8 Solution Discussion 8
	Wednesday 11/13/2019	Lecture 30 Motional Emf pdf
	Friday 11/15/2019	Lecture 31 Faraday's Law pdf
13	Monday 11/18/2019	Lecture 32 Inductance pdf	Griffiths 7.2.3, 7.2.4	No homework	Discussion #9 Solution Discussion 9
	Wednesday 11/20/2019	Lecture 33 Energy in Magnetic Fields pdf
	Friday 11/22/2019	Lecture 34 Displacement Current pdf
14	Monday 11/25/2019	Fall Break (no class)
	Wednesday 11/27/2019	Fall Break (no class)
	Friday 11/29/2019	Fall Break (no class)
15	Monday 12/2/2019	Lecture 35 Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves pdf	Griffiths 7.3.1-7.3.2, 7.3.5	Homework #11: Griffiths problems 7.17, 7.20, 7.31 Due Wed. Dec. 11 @ 5 pm	Discussion #10 Solution Discussion 10
	Wednesday 12/4/2019	Hour Exam III solutions
	Friday 12/6/2019	Lecture 35 continued...
16	Monday 12/9/2019	Lecture 36 Maxwell's Equations in Media pdf			Discussion #11 Solution Discussion 11
	Wednesday 12/11/2019	No Class
	Wednesday 12/18/2019	Final exam 1:30 pm, 124 Burrill Hall