Monday and Wednesday, 9:00-10:15, PAIS 1160.
Classical
Electrodynamics by J. D. Jackson.
Electrodynamics
of Continuous Media by L. Landau and E.
Lifshitz
Introduction
to Electrodynamics by D. Griffiths
Classical
Field Theory by F. E. Low.
Modern
Electrodynamics by A. Zangwill.
Instructor
Mondays and Wednesdays 10:15-11:30, and Wednesdays
15.50-16.50 in PAIS 2232. 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 Sivaprasad Omanakuttan will be available on Tuesday from 14.00 to
15.00 in PAIS 2008 for you to
discuss any homework grading issues you may have
(please send an email to arrange an appointment).
The grading in the course will be
based on your performance in homework assignments, one
midterm exam, and a final exam. The maximum grade will
be 100 points, with the following distribution:
The MT exam is tentatively scheduled
for March 11, during class time and the final exam will be held on May 13
(9.00-11.00 am).
There will be an optional small
project that will provide a maximum of 10 extra
points. More details will be given during the
semester.
There will be tentatively 9 assignments during the semester each with 4-7 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 551.015 (Wednesdays: 15:30-16.30, Room 1100). 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 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 10 sessions or more.
You can find the calendar for the course in the tentative schedule.
| Date | Problems | Solutions |
| 01/22 (W) | PC1 |
PC1_sol |
| 01/29 (W) | PC2 | PC2_sol |
| 02/05 (W) |
PC3 | PC3_sol |
| 02/12 (W) | PC4 | PC4_sol |
| 02/19 (W) | PC5 | PC5_sol |
| 02/26 (W) | PC6 | PC6_sol |
| 03/04 (W) | PC7 | PC7_sol |
| 03/11 (W) | PC8 | PC8_sol |
| 03/18 (W) | Spring break - No class | |
| 03/25 (W) | No class | |
| 04/01 (W) | PC9 | PC9_sol (class notes) |
| 04/08 (W) | PC10 | PC10_sol (class notes) |
| 04/15 (W) | PC11 | PC11_sol (class notes) |
| 04/22 (W) | PC12 | PC12_sol (class notes) |
| 04/29 (W) | PC13 | PC13_sol (class notes) |
| 05/06 (W) | Questions |
