Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-13:45, P&A Room 184.
Textbook for the class
Introduction
to Electrodynamics (4th Edition) by D.
Griffiths. The course will cover Chapters 7-12.
Additional resources
Berkley
Physics Course on "Electricity and Magnetism" by
E. Purcell and D. Morin.
Lectures
on physics - vol II by R. P Feynman.
Foundations
of Electromagnetic Theory by J. R. Reitz, F. J.
Mildford and R. W. Christy.
Instructor
Tuesdays and Thursdays 13:45-14:45, and Wednesdays
15:50-17:00 in Room 21. These are nominal office
hours, you are welcome to come into my office at other
times too if your questions cannot wait, although I
would appreciate if you could send an email announcing
your visit. Sometimes, this drop-in approach may not
work if I am very busy or your question requires more
than just a few minutes, but in that case I will ask
you to come back at a later time.
Teaching assistant
The teaching assistant is Evgeni Zlatanov. He will be available on
Wednesdays from 14:00 to 15:00 in the lobby of
P&A for you to discuss any
homework grading issues you may have (please send
Evgeni an email to arrange an appoinment).
The grading in the course will be
based on your performance in homework assignments, two
midterm exams, and a final exam. The maximum grade
will be 100 points, with the following distribution:
The MT exams are tentatively
scheduled for September 25 and November
8, during (extended) class time, and the
final exam will be held on December 13.
In addition, the students will have
the opportunity to obtain up to 10 extra points by
writting a two-page report describing an everyday
phenomenon that can be explained using the concepts
learned during the course. More details will be
provided in class.
There will be 9 assignments during the semester each with 4-6 problems apiece. The assignments will be given throughout the semester and will be posted in the tentative schedule about 7-10 before they are due. Late homework policy: homework returned in the next 24 hours after the due date will be accepted but with 50% penalization. After 24 hours of the due date the corresponding solutions will be posted here.
Listed officially as Phyc 416.001 (Wednesdays: 15:00 - 15.50 pm, Room 184). This is a very important adjunct to the main lecture class. It will provide you additional practice with solving problems beyond the homework assignments and self study. We will also cover some examples of numerical approaches to solve problems in electrodynamics. Furthermore, the class will also give you a valuable opportunity to bring to my attention your difficulties with any concepts covered in the lecture class so I can address them in a group setting. The problem sheets would be posted here the Friday before the problem class. The corresponding solutions will be posted after the class. You will receive credit for the problems class as long as you register and show up for more than 10 sessions.
You can find the calendar for the course in the tentative schedule.
| Date | Problems | Solutions |
| 08/22 (W) | No class | |
| 08/29 (W) | PC1 |
PC1_sol |
| 09/05 (W) |
PC2 |
PC2_sol |
| 09/12 (W) | PC3 |
PC3_sol |
| 09/19 (W) | PC4 |
PC4_sol |
| 09/26 (W) | PC5 |
PC5_sol |
| 10/03 (W) | PC6 |
PC6_sol |
| 10/10 (W) | PC7 |
PC7_sol |
| 10/17 (W) | PC8 |
PC8_sol |
| 10/24 (W) | PC9 |
PC9_sol |
| 10/31 (W) | PC10 |
PC10_sol |
| 11/07 (W) | PC11 |
PC11_sol |
| 11/14 (W) | PC12 |
PC12_sol |
| 11/21 (W) | PC13 |
PC13_sol |
| 11/28 (W) | PC14 |
PC14_sol |
| 12/05 (W) | Project presentations |
