| Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Problem Set |
| Wed Aug 22 |
Mathematics Review [pdf] |
review vector calculus |
PS #1: [pdf] |
| Fri Aug 24 |
Introduction to Electrostatics, Gauss's Theorem [pdf] |
Jackson 1.1 − 1.4 |
|
| Mon Aug 27 |
Scalar Potential, Charge and Dipole Surface Distributions [pdf] |
Jackson 1.5 − 1.6 |
|
| Wed Aug 29 |
Poisson and Laplace Equations [pdf] |
Jackson 1.7 |
PS #1 Due Solutions: [pdf] |
| Fri Aug 31 |
Green's Theorem [pdf] |
Jackson 1.8 − 1.9 |
PS #2: [pdf] |
| Mon Sept 3 |
No Class, Labor Day Holiday |
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| Wed Sept 5 |
Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Conditions [pdf] |
Jackson 1.8 − 1.9 |
|
| Fri Sept 7 |
The Green Function [pdf] |
Jackson 1.10 |
|
| Mon Sept 10 |
Electrostatic Potential Energy, Capacitance [pdf] |
Jackson 1.11 |
|
| Wed Sept 12 |
Method of Images [pdf] |
Jackson 2.1 − 2.2 |
PS #2 Due Solutions: [pdf] PS #3: [pdf] |
| Fri Sept 14 |
Method of Images, Green Function for the Sphere [pdf] |
Jakson 2.3 − 2.6 |
|
| Mon Sept 17 |
Green Function for the Sphere, Orthogonal Functions [pdf] |
Jackson 2.6 − 2.8 |
|
| Wed Sept 19 |
Separation of Variables [pdf] |
Jackson 2.9 − 2.11 |
|
| Fri Sept 21 |
Separation of Variables [pdf], and Numerical Solutions [pdf] |
Jackson 2.9 − 2.11 |
|
| Mon Sept 24 |
Solutions to Laplace Equation via Conformal Mapping [pdf] |
complex analysis |
|
| Wed Sept 26 |
Solutions to Laplace Equation via Conformal Mapping [pdf] |
complex analysis |
PS #3 Due Solutions: [pdf] PS #4: [pdf] |
| Fri Sept 28 |
Solutions to Laplace Equation via Conformal Mapping [pdf] |
complex analysis |
|
| Mon Oct 1 |
Solutions to Laplace Equation via Conformal Mapping [pdf] |
complex analysis |
|
| Wed Oct 3 |
Laplace Equation in Spherical Coordinates [pdf] |
Jackson 3.1 − 3.2 |
|
| Fri Oct 5 |
Boundary Value Problems With Azimuthal Symmetry [pdf] |
Jackson 3.3 |
|
| Mon Oct 8 |
Associated Legendre Functions and Spherical Harmonics [pdf] |
Jackson 3.5 − 3.6 |
|
| Wed Oct 10 |
Laplace Equation in Cylindrical Coordinates [pdf] |
Jackson 3.7 |
PS #4 Due Solutions: [pdf] PS #5: [pdf] |
| Fri Oct 12 |
Boundary Value Problems in Cylindrical Coordinates [pdf] |
Jackson 3.8 |
|
| Mon Oct 15 |
Expansion of Green Functions in Cylindrical Coordinates [pdf] |
Jackson 3.11 |
|
| Wed Oct 17 |
Expansion of Green Functions in Cylindrical Coordinates [pdf] |
Jackson 3.11 |
|
| Wed Oct 17 |
Midterm Exam: 7:00 p.m. − 10:00 p.m., *** CP-103 *** Exam: [pdf], Solutions: [pdf] |
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| Fri Oct 19 |
Eigenfunction Expansion of Green Functions [pdf] |
Jackson 3.12 |
|
| Mon Oct 22 |
Multipole Expansion [pdf] |
Jackson 4.1 |
|
| Wed Oct 24 |
Multipole Expansion [pdf] |
Jackson 4.1 |
|
| Fri Oct 26 |
No Class (Midterm Exam Compensation) |
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| Mon Oct 29 |
Volume Integral of Electric Field of a Dipole Distribution [pdf] |
Jackson 4.1 |
|
| Wed Oct 31 |
Multipoles in Electrostatic Energy, Electrostatics in Media [pdf] |
Jackson 4.2 − 4.3 |
PS #5.1 Due Solutions: [pdf] |
| Fri Nov 2 |
Electrostatics in Media, Magnetostatics [pdf] |
Jackson 4.3 − 4.4, 5.1 − 5.3 |
|
| Mon Nov 5 |
Magnetostatics [pdf] |
Jackson 5.1 − 5.3 |
|
| Wed Nov 7 |
Magnetic Vector Potential [pdf] |
Jackson 5.4 − 5.5 |
PS #5.2 Due Solutions: [pdf] PS #6: [pdf] |
| Fri Nov 9 |
No Class |
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| Mon Nov 12 |
Magnetic Field of Localized Current Distribution [pdf] |
Jackson 5.6 |
|
| Mon Nov 12 |
Makeup Class: Volume Integral of Magnetic Field [pdf] |
Jackson 5.6 |
|
| Wed Nov 14 |
Magnetic Force and Torque, Larmor Precession [pdf] |
Jackson 5.7 |
|
| Fri Nov 16 |
Macroscopic Magnetostatics [pdf] |
Jackson 5.8 |
|
| Mon Nov 19 |
Magnetostatic Boundary Value Problems [pdf] |
Jackson 5.9 |
PS #6 Due Solutions: [pdf] PS #7: [pdf] |
| Wed Nov 21 |
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| Fri Nov 23 |
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| Mon Nov 26 |
Faraday's Law of Induction and Galilean Invariance [pdf] |
Jackson 5.15 |
|
| Wed Nov 28 |
Magnetic Energy, Inductance, Maxwell Equations [pdf] |
Jackson 5.16, 5.17, 6.1 |
|
| Fri Nov 30 |
Gauge Transformations [pdf] |
Jackson 6.2 − 6.3 |
|
| Mon Dec 3 |
Green Function for the Wave Equation [pdf] |
Jackson 6.4 |
PS #7 Due Solutions: [pdf] |
| Wed Dec 5 |
Retarded Solutions for Scalar and Vector Potentials [pdf] |
Jackson 6.4 − 6.5 |
|
| Fri Dec 7 |
Poynting's Theorem [pdf] |
Jackson 6.7 |
|
| Sat Dec 8 |
Final Exam: 12:00 p.m. − 4:00 p.m., *** CP-103 *** Exam: [pdf], Solutions: [pdf] |