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Main Text

Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Electrodynamics. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780138053260.

Reference Texts

Purcell, Edward M. "Electricity and Magnetism." In Berkeley Physics Course. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1984. ISBN: 9780070049086.

Feynman, Richard P., Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands. The Feynman Lectures on Physics. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2005. ISBN: 9780805390452.

All of the readings are from Griffiths, unless otherwise noted.

Lecture notes files.
WEEK #	SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
Week 1 Introduction, electric field	1	Intro: Electrostatics	Sections 2.1.1-2.1.4.
Week 1 Introduction, electric field	2	Electrostatics problem solving
Week 2 Mathematical background	3	Vector review	Review: Vectors Sections 1.1.1-1.1.4. Differential calculus: Div, grad, curl Sections 1.2.1-1.2.7.
	4	Divergence, gradient, curl	Sections 1.3.1-1.3.3.
	5	Integral calculus, Dirac delta function	Section 1.3.4.
	6	Dirac delta function, curvilinear coordinates	Section 1.5.
Week 3 Gauss's law and electric potential	7	More curvilinear coordinates: Div and grad in spherical coordinates; Gauss's law	Section 1.41.
	8	Applications of Gauss's law: Field lines, point charge, Gaussian surfaces	Divergence of electrostatic fields Sections 2.2.1-2.2.2. Application of Gauss's law Section 2.2.3.
	9	Applications of Gauss's law: Line charge, plane charge	Application of Gauss's law Section 2.2.3. The curl of electric field Section 2.2.4.
	10	Electric potential; Poisson's equation; Laplace's equation	Sections 2.3.1-2.3.5.
Week 4 Work and energy in electrostatics; conductors and capacitors	11	Electrostatic boundary conditions; conductors	Electrostatic boundary conditions Section 2.3.5. Conductors Section 2.5.
	12	Capacitors, dielectrics, work	Sections 2.4.1-2.4.4.
	13	Capacitors, work, first and second uniqueness theorems	Sections 2.5.1-2.5.4.
Week 5 The method of images and multipole expansion	14	Method of images	Laplace's equation Sections 3.1.3-3.1.6. The method of images Sections 3.2.1-3.2.4.
	15	Parallel plate capacitor, electric dipole	Multipole expansion Sections 3.4.1-3.4.2. Electric dipole Sections 3.4.3-3.4.4.
	16	Separation of variables	Section 3.3.
Week 6 Exam 1	17	Review for exam 1
Week 6 Exam 1	18	Exam 1
Week 7 Magnetostatics and special relativity	19	Dielectrics	Sections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.
	20	Magnetostatics, electric currents	Dielectrics Section 4.4. Electricity and magnetism Purcell. Chapter 4.
	21	Special relativity	Electricity and magnetism Purcell. Chapter 4.
	22	Special relativity (cont.)	Sections 12.1.1-12.1.4. Purcell. Chapter 5.
Week 8 Magnetic fields	23	Electric fields and force	Sections 12.1.1-12.1.4. Purcell. Chapter 5.
	24	Magnetic fields; Lorenz force law	Sections 5.1.1-5.1.3.
	25	Cycloidal motion; Biot-Savart law	Sections 5.1.1-5.1.3.
	26	Biot-Savart law (cont.); Ampere's law	Section 12.3.1. Purcell. Chapter 5.
Week 9 Magnetic fields; Maxwell's laws; magnetic properties of materials	27	Maxwell's equations	Sections 5.3.1-5.3.4.
	28	Induction	Problem solving Ampere's law Sections 5.3.1-5.3.4. Griffiths vector potential Section 5.4.1.
	29	Magnetic boundary conditions; magnetic dipole	Section 5.2.
	30	Magnetization; magnetic properties of materials	Magnetic boundary conditions Section 5.4.2. Multipole expansion of vector potential, magnetic moments Section 5.4.3.
Week 10 Exam 2; magnetized materials	31	Review for exam 2
	32	Exam 2
	33	Ampere's law in magnetized materials	Magnetization Sections 6.1-6.4. Magnetic properties of materials and quantum mechanics Feynman. Chapters 34-37.
	34	Bound current; ferromagnetism	Sections 7.1.1-7.1.3.
Week 11 Circuits	35	Circuits	Faraday's law of induction Section 7.2.1. The induced electric field Section 7.2.2.
	36	Circuits; undriven RC circuits; Thevenin's theorem	Section 7.2.3.
	37	Thevenin's theorem (cont.); Ohm's law; Faraday's law; Lenz's law	Section 7.2.4.
	38	Alternating current circuits	Section 7.2.4.
Week 12 Circuits (cont.)	39	Inductance	Alternating current circuits Purcell. Chapter 8.
	40	Undriven RLC circuits	Alternating current circuits Purcell. Chapter 8.
	41	Driven RLC circuits; Ladder impedance	Purcell. Chapter 8.
Week 13 Maxwell; momentum	42	Maxwell's equations	Alternating current circuits Purcell. Chapter 8. Maxwell's equations Section 7.3.
	43	Poynting vector; Maxwell stress tensor	Section 7.3.
	44	Conservation of momentum; Minkowski force	Sections 8.1.1-8.1.2. Momentum Section 8.2.
	45	Review for exam 3
Week 14 Electromagnetic waves	46	Exam 3
	47	Electromagnetic waves	Sections 9.1.1.1-9.1.2.
	48	Electromagnetic waves (cont.)	Sections 9.1.1.1-9.1.3.
	49	Topics for next week; relativity	Sections 12.1-12.3.
Week 15 Advanced topics in relativity; quantum	50	Faraday tensor; Maxwell; General relativity	Sections 12.1-12.3.
	51	Quantum
	52	Schrodinger equation

Readings

Main Text

Reference Texts

Week 1

Week 2

Review: Vectors

Differential calculus: Div, grad, curl

Week 3

Divergence of electrostatic fields

Application of Gauss's law

Application of Gauss's law

The curl of electric field

Week 4

Electrostatic boundary conditions

Conductors

Week 5

Laplace's equation

The method of images

Multipole expansion

Electric dipole

Week 6

Week 7

Dielectrics

Electricity and magnetism

Electricity and magnetism

Week 8

Week 9

Problem solving Ampere's law

Griffiths vector potential

Magnetic boundary conditions

Multipole expansion of vector potential, magnetic moments

Week 10

Magnetization

Magnetic properties of materials and quantum mechanics

Week 11

Faraday's law of induction

The induced electric field

Week 12

Alternating current circuits

Alternating current circuits

Week 13

Alternating current circuits

Maxwell's equations

Momentum

Week 14

Week 15