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Solution

Week Date Lecture Reading Homework Discussion Exam
1 Monday
1/20/2020

No Lecture
Martin Luther King Day

Griffiths § 1 (all), 2.1

Homework 1
(Due 5pm on 1/31/2020.)

Solution

 

 
Wednesday
1/22/2020

Lecture 1
Review Maxwell's Equations from Physics 212

pdf
 
 
Friday
1/24/2020

Lecture 2
Electric fields and Magnetic Fields

pdf
ReviewWeek1

 
2 Monday
1/27/2020

Lecture 3
Electric Potential, Poisson's Eqn.,
E=-gradV, Integral Solution by Superposition
pdf

Griffiths §2.0-2.5

Homework 2

Assigned 1/27, due

5pm 2/4

Solution

 

Discussion 1

Solution discussion 1

 
Wednesday
1/29/2020

Lecture 4
Problem Specific Point-Source Response Functions
(FYI, this is a Green's Function)

Electric Interaction Energy
Electric Field Energy
pdf

 
Friday
1/31/2020

Lecture 5
Conductors
Capacitors and Energy

pdf

 
3 Monday
2/3/2020

Lecture 6
Method of Images
rectangular problems
pdf

 

Griffiths § 3.2 (M.O..I)

 

 

 

 

 

Griffiths § 3.3 (S.O.V)

Homework 3

Solution

Discussion 2

Solution discussion 2

 
Wednesday
2/5/2020

Lecture 7
Method of Images (cont.)
Charge density, energy and spherical problems
pdf

 
Friday
2/7/2020

Lecture 8
Separation of Variables to solve
Laplace's Equation with boundary conditions
pdf

 
4 Monday
2/10/2020

Lecture 9
Separation of Variables Solutions
pdf

Griffiths § 3.3

Homework 4

Solution

 
Wednesday
2/12/2020

Lecture 10
Fourier Solution
Spectral Analysis
real space vs k-space
pdf

 
Friday
2/14/2020

Lecture 11
Separation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates
Legendre Polynomials
pdf

 
5 Monday
2/17/2020

Lecture 12
Separation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates
Legendre Polynomials
Examples

pdf

 

Griffiths § 3.3.2

 

 

 

 

 

Griffiths § 3.4 (MM)

 

 

 

Homework 5

 

Solution

 
Wednesday
2/19/2020

Lecture 13
Fields from Charges
Multipole Moments Expansion
pdf

 
Friday
2/21/2021

Lecture 14
Dipoles
pdf

 
6 Monday
2/24/2020

Lecture 15
Introduction to Dielectrics
Polarizatin density vector, P
Bound polarization charges
Surface and bulk
pdf

Griffiths § 4.1 and 2

 

 

 

Griffiths § 4.3 and 4

 

 

 

Homework 6

Solution

 
Wednesday
2/26/2020

Lecture 16
The Displacement Field, D
Boundary conditions
pdf

 
Friday
2/28/2020

Lecture 17
Boundary Value Problems with Dielectrics
Spherical Problems
pdf

 
7 Monday
3/02/2020

Lecture 18
Energy and Forces in Dielectric Problems
pdf

Griffiths § 4.4

 

 

 

Griffiths § 5.1 and 2

Homework-7

Solution

   
Wednesday
3/04/2020

Lecture 19
Lorentz Force Law, Cyclotron Frequency and Orbits
Cycloidal Motion
pdf

 
Friday
3/06/2020

Lecture 20
Electric Currents, Ampere's Law,
Law of Biot and Savart
pdf

 
8 Monday
3/09/2020
Lecture 21
Magnetic Vector Potential
Coulomb Gauge
pdf
Griffiths § 5.3 and 5.4

Homework 8

Solution

Discussion 6

Solution Discussion 6 

Exam, 7-830 pm
151 Loomis Lab of Physics
Wednesday
3/11/2020
Lecture 22
Helmholtz Theorem
Irrotational and Solenoidal Vector Fields
uniqueness of Fields given div and curl equations
pdf
 
Friday
3/13/2020

Lecture 23
Gauges, gauge transformation,
Magnetic Multipoles
pdf

 
9 Monday
3/17/2020

Spring Break

 

 

 

 
Wednesday
3/19/2020

Spring Break

 
Friday
3/21/2020

Spring Break

 
10 Monday
3/23/2020

Lecture 24
Magnetic Multipoles
pdf

Griffiths § 5.3, 5.4

Homework 9

Solution

Discussion 7

Solution Discussion 7 

 
Wednesday
3/25/2020

Lecture 25
Magnetic dipole moment
Using Levi Civita Symbol
pdf

 
Friday
3/27/2020

Lecture 26
Magnetic Moments, Forces, Torques, Energy
pdf

 
11 Monday
3/30/2020

Lecture 27
Magnetic Materials
Magnetizatin Density
pdf

Griffiths § 7.1, 7.2

Homework 10

Solution

 

Discussion 8

Solution Discussion 8

   
Wednesday
4/01/2020

Lecture 28
Bound Currents in/on Magnetized Objects
pdf

 
Friday
4/03/2020

Lecture 29
The H-field
 B = mu0(H+M)
Boundary Conditions on B and H
pdf

 
12 Monday
4/06/2020

Lecture 30
Magnetic Susceptibility
Linear Media where M is proportional to H
pdf

Griffiths § 7.2, 7.3

Homework 11

Solution

Discussion 9

Solution Discussion 9

 

Wednesday
4/08/2020

Lecture 31
Faraday's Law
pdf

 
Friday
4/10/2020

Lecture 32
AC circuit theory
Complex Impedances Z=R+iX
Complex Admittances 1/Z=Y=G+i
pdf

 
13 Monday
4/13/2020

Lecture 33
Fixing Ampere's Law
Displacement Current Density
Intro to Field Energy Density
pdf

 

Homework 12

Solution

Discussion 10

Solution Discussion 9 

 
Wednesday
4/15/2020

Lecture 34
Conservation of Energy between
Fields and Charges/Currents

B and E Field Energy Density
Poynting's Vectot

  pdf

 
Friday
4/17/2020

Lecture 35
Wave Equation
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf

 
14 Monday
4/20/2020

Lecture 36
Polarization of EM radiation
Circular Polarizatrion
pdf

Griffiths § 7.3,

8.1 Poynting Vector

Homework 13

Solution

Exam, 7-830 pm

Wednesday
4/22/2020

Lecture 37
Propagation in Dielectrics
Polarization Current Density

pdf

 
Friday
4/24/2020

Lecture 38
Reflection and Refraction of Light at Dielectrics
Fresnel Equations
pdf

 
15 Monday
4/27/2020

Lecture 39
Fresnel Equations
pdf

pdf of iPad notes during rerun

Griffiths § 9.1, 9.2

Homework 14

Solutions

   
Wednesday
4/29/2020

Lecture 40
EM waves in Conductors
pdf

synch notes

asynch notes

 
Friday
5/01/2020

Lecture 41
Reflection from Conductors
Dissipation
pdf

 
16 Monday
5/04/2020

Lecture 42
Review first part of course
pdf

    Discussion 12  


Wednesday
05/06/2020
 

Lecture 43
Review Electrodynamics
AC circuits, Light, Fresnel's Equations,
Reflection from Conductors
pdf