Week 1
Introduction, electric field
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1 |
Intro: Electrostatics (PDF) |
| 2 |
Electrostatics problem solving (PDF) |
Week 2
Mathematical background
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3 |
Vector review (PDF) |
| 4 |
Divergence, gradient, curl (PDF) |
| 5 |
Integral calculus, Dirac delta function (PDF) |
| 6 |
Dirac delta function, curvilinear coordinates (PDF) |
Week 3
Gauss's law and electric potential
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7 |
More curvilinear coordinates: Div and grad in spherical coordinates; Gauss's law (PDF) |
| 8 |
Applications of Gauss's law: Field lines, point charge, Gaussian surfaces (PDF) |
| 9 |
Applications of Gauss's law: Line charge, plane charge (PDF) |
| 10 |
Electric potential; Poisson's equation; Laplace's equation (PDF) |
Week 4
Work and energy in electrostatics; conductors and capacitors
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11 |
Electrostatic boundary conditions; conductors (PDF) |
| 12 |
Capacitors, dielectrics, work (PDF) |
| 13 |
Capacitors, work, first and second uniqueness theorems (PDF) |
Week 5
The method of images and multipole expansion
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14 |
Method of images (PDF) |
| 15 |
Parallel plate capacitor, electric dipole (PDF) |
| 16 |
Separation of variables (PDF) |
Week 6
Exam 1
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17 |
Review for exam 1 |
| 18 |
Exam 1 |
Week 7
Magnetostatics and special relativity
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19 |
Dielectrics (PDF) |
| 20 |
Magnetostatics, electric currents (PDF) |
| 21 |
Special relativity (PDF) |
| 22 |
Special relativity (cont.) (PDF) |
Week 8
Magnetic fields
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23 |
Electric fields and force (PDF) |
| 24 |
Magnetic fields; Lorenz force law (PDF) |
| 25 |
Cycloidal motion; Biot-Savart law (PDF) |
| 26 |
Biot-Savart law (cont.); Ampere's law (PDF) |
Week 9
Magnetic fields; Maxwell's laws; magnetic properties of materials
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27 |
Maxwell's equations (PDF) |
| 28 |
Induction (PDF) |
| 29 |
Magnetic boundary conditions; magnetic dipole (PDF) |
| 30 |
Magnetization; magnetic properties of materials (PDF) |
Week 10
Exam 2; magnetized materials
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31 |
Review for exam 2 (PDF) |
| 32 |
Exam 2 |
| 33 |
Ampere's law in magnetized materials (PDF) |
| 34 |
Bound current; ferromagnetism (PDF) |
Week 11
Circuits
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35 |
Circuits (PDF) |
| 36 |
Circuits; undriven RC circuits; Thevenin's theorem (PDF) |
| 37 |
Thevenin's theorem (cont.); Ohm's law; Faraday's law; Lenz's law (PDF) |
| 38 |
Alternating current circuits (PDF) |
Week 12
Circuits (cont.)
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39 |
Inductance (PDF) |
| 40 |
Undriven RLC circuits (PDF) |
| 41 |
Driven RLC circuits; Ladder impedance (PDF) |
Week 13
Maxwell; momentum
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42 |
Maxwell's equations (PDF) |
| 43 |
Poynting vector; Maxwell stress tensor (PDF) |
| 44 |
Conservation of momentum; Minkowski force (PDF) |
| 45 |
Review for exam 3 (PDF) |
Week 14
Electromagnetic waves
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46 |
Exam 3 |
| 47 |
Electromagnetic waves (PDF) |
| 48 |
Electromagnetic waves (cont.) (PDF) |
| 49 |
Topics for next week; relativity (PDF) |
Week 15
Advanced topics in relativity; quantum
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50 |
Faraday tensor; Maxwell; General relativity (PDF) |
| 51 |
Quantum (PDF) |
| 52 |
Schrodinger equation (PDF) |