Physics 406 - Electricity and Magnetism

Physics 406: Electricity and Magnetism

Syllabus in pdf format.

Course Schedule:

A running list of topics and corresponding chapters in the text, Introduction to Electrodynamics, that we aim to cover this
semester is provided below. This list will be updated as needed over the course of the semester.

Week	Topics	Chapter	Quiz	Exam	Comments
1	Math basics: vector algebra, coord sys	1
2	Math basics: differential vector calc	1			Labor day, M
3	Math: integral vec calc; Coulomb's Law (E)	1, 2.1
4	Coul Law/several examples calc E	2.1	Q1:09/23		Q1 on Chpt 1
5	Gauss's Law, Electric potential	2.2, 2.3
6	Electric potential, Electrostatic energy,	2.3, 2.4
7	Conductors in electrostatics, capacitance	2.5		~~E1:10/14~~
8	Laplace's eqn (LE), Method of images	3.1, 3.2		E1:10/19
9	Images, Sep of variables LE in cartesian	3.3
10	Sep of variables LE in polar coordinates	3.3	~~Q2:11/04~~
11	Lorentz Force	5.1	Q2:11/11
12	Biot-Savart, divB & curlB	5.2, 5.3
13	Ampere (Thanksgiving, class Monday 11/23)	5.3		~~E2:11/23~~
14	Vector potential, A	5.4		E2:12/02
15	Multipoles, Fields in Matter - parts of ch 4 & 6	& 3.4,5.4
16	Final Exam			TBA

Assignments:

All problems are from the text, Introduction to Electrodynamics, unless otherwise stated.
Note, SP = supplemental problem.

Assigned 08/31 due 09/09:

Problems: 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 1.26, 1.27

Assigned 09/09 due 09/18:

Problems: 1.28, 1.29, 1.31, 1.33, 1.38, 1.42, 1.53

Assigned 09/16 due 09/25:

Problems: 2.1, 2.2b, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.11, 2.13

Assigned 09/28 due 10/09:

Problems: 2.15, 2.21, 2.22, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31

Assigned 10/12 due 10/19:

Problems: 2.32, 2.35, 2.37, 2.39

Assigned 10/26 due 11/04:

Problems: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15

Assigned 11/04 due 11/13:

Problems: 3.17, 3.19, 3.20

Assigned 11/16 due 11/23:

Problems: 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.9a, 5.10

Miscellaneous Comments:

An online site for integral tables and other math related questions: SOS Math .
From the creators of Mathematica, Wolfram, online aids for physics and mathematics.
Help on using Maple.
MATLAB home page has tutorials.
Exam 1: Will cover material from chapters 1 and 2. The exam is scheduled for Monday
10/19.
Quiz 2 has been moved to Wednesday, November 11, it will cover methods of images and
separation of variables - solutions to Lapalce's equation.
Exam 2 has been moved to Wednesday, 12/02.
Final exam Wednesday, 12/16, 5:15 - 7:15pm, JE 113.