| Instructor: | Christopher B. Crawford, 7-2504, CP373 |
| Office hours: | by appointment; recitation Thursday 12:00-1:00 pm in my office |
| Grader: | Gen Wang, CP395, Office hour: Thursday 2:00 pm. |
| Class schedule: | M W F 10:00-10:50, CP397 |
| Textbook: | David J. Griffiths, "Introduction to Electrodynamics," 3rd or 4th Ed.(required) |
| Murray R. Spiegel, "Theory and Problems of Vector Analysis," (recommended) | |
| Resources: | syllabus, academic support, course feedback, |
| 2010-11: phy416, phy417, 2011-12: phy416, phy417, 2012-13: phy416, phy417, 2014: phy311, 2014-15: phy416, phy417 |
| 2014-08-27: | Please fill out a doodle poll for recitation time. |
| 2014-08-27: | Here is the class directory for coordinating study sessions (password protected). |
| 2014-09-05: | Homework policy: The HW is due on the night of the assigned date. Specifically, it must be turned in under my office door (CP373) or electronically (text to 859-421-9612 or email to crawford@pa.uky.edu with pictures or pdf scan) by 06:00 AM on the next school day (MTWThF) after the assigned day. If there are extenuating circumstances please contact me before 5:00 pm on the due day (not at 4:00 AM!). Late homework will not be graded, but will be accepted at 50% credit for completion. Our grader is Gen Wang, and his office hour is Thursday 14:00 to 15:00 in CP395, you can talk to him or myself if you have any questions about grading. |
| 2014-09-24: | Note the updated schedule. HW3 is due on Monday Sept 29 6:00 AM. Exam 1 will be on Oct 1, and Exam 2 on Oct 24. I will be away Oct 24, and Nov 3-7th. |
| 2014-09-29: | The 5th Annual Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde contest is underway. |
| 2014-10-03: | The responses for the 5th Annual Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde contest are posted here. Please use this Doodle poll to vote for your favorite. |
| 2014-10-06: | Congratulations to Austin, Brian, and Debbie, who tied for first place in this year's contest. Only one vote behind were Jacob and David, who tied for second place. Thanks to everyone who participated. |
| 2014-11-16: | Exam 3 is postponed from Monday to Wednesday, Nov 19. |
| 2014-11-19: | HW9 due date is postponed until Monday Dec 1st. |
| 2014-12-20: | Final grades were posted. [final exam, final grade distributions] |
| HW | Due Date | Problems |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, 09/05 | HW 1, Rev. A (source, illustration of problem #1) |
| 2 | Wed, 09/17 | HW 2, Rev. A (source) |
| 3 | Fri, 09/26 | HW 3, Rev. A (source, Fig. 1) |
| 4 | Fri, 10/10 | HW 4, Rev. A (source) |
| 5 | Fri, 10/17 | HW 5, Rev. A (source) |
| 6 | Fri, 10/31 | HW 6, Rev. A (source) |
| 7 | Fri, 11/07 | HW 7, Rev. A (source) |
| 8 | Fri, 11/14 | HW 8, Rev. A (source) |
| 9 | Mon, 12/01 | HW 9, Rev. A (source) |
| 10 | Mon, 12/08 | HW 10, Rev. A (source, Figs. 1, 2) |
| Date | Reading | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/27 | (0) | Survey of E&M (notes, lecture) | |
| 8/29 | (1.1.1-3) | Vector Algebra (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/01 | Labour Day | ||
| 9/03 | (1.1.5) | Linear Operators (notes, lecture) | [add day] |
| 9/05 | (1.1.4) | HW 1 + QUIZ 1, Affine space (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/08 | (1.2) | Differential Calculus (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/10 | (1.4) | Curvilinear Differentials (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/12* | Homework recitation | ||
| 9/15 | (1.3.1) | Integral Calculus (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/17 | HW 2 + QUIZ 2 | [drop day] | |
| 9/19 | (1.3.2) | Fundamental Theorem of Differentials (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/22 | (1.3.3-6) | Boundary Theorems (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/24 | (1.5) | Dirac Delta Function (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/26 | (1.6) | HW 3 + Helmholtz Theorem (notes, lecture) | |
| 9/29 | QUIZ 3 + Review; Function Spaces (lecture) | ||
| 10/01 | (1) | EXAM 1 (practice, grades, solution) | |
| 10/03 | (2.1) | Electric Field (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/06 | (2.2) | Divergence and Curl of E-field (notes, lecture, proofs) | |
| 10/08 | (2.3) | Electric Potential (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/10 | HW 4 + QUIZ 4 | ||
| 10/13 | (2.4) | Electric Work and Energy (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/15 | (2.5) | Conductors (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/17 | HW 5 + QUIZ 5 (COMSOL example) | ||
| 10/20 | (3.1) | Laplace's Equation (notes, lecture) | [midterm] |
| 10/22 | (3.3.1) | Separation of Cartesian Variables (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/24* | (2) | EXAM 2 (solutions, grades) | |
| 10/27 | (3.3.1) | Orthogonal Functions; Sturm-Liouville (lecture) | |
| 10/29 | (3.3.2) | Separation of Spherical Variables (notes, lecture) | |
| 10/31 | HW 6 + QUIZ 6 | ||
| 11/03* | Problems with Spherical Variables | ||
| 11/05* | (3.2) | The Method of Images (notes, lecture) | |
| 11/07* | HW 7 + QUIZ 7 | [withdraw] | |
| 11/10 | (3.4.1-3) | Multipole Expansion (notes, lecture) | |
| 11/12 | (3.4.4) | Multipole Fields (notes, lecture) | |
| 11/14 | HW 8 + QUIZ 8 | ||
| 11/17 | (3.4.4) | Multipole Fields (continued) | |
| 11/19 | (3) | EXAM 3 (formulas, grades, solution) | [course eval ... |
| 11/21 | (4.1-2) | Polarization (notes, notes2, lecture) | |
| 11/24 | Review of quadrupoles | ||
| 11/26 | Thanksgiving | ||
| 11/28 | |||
| 12/01 | (4.3) | HW 9 Electric Displacement (notes, lecture) | |
| 12/03 | (4.4.1) | Linear Dielectrics (notes, lecture) | |
| 12/05 | (4.4.2) | Laplace's Equation in Dielectrics (example 4.7) | [... course eval] |
| 12/08 | HW 10 + QUIZ 10 (BVP example) | ||
| 12/10 | (4.4.3-4) | Energy in Dielectrics (notes, lecture) | |
| 12/12 | Review (notes, lecture) | ||
| 12/16 | 1:00 pm (Tues.) | FINAL EXAM | |
| * instructor away on travel |
