Lecture Notes
For reference
All the Fundamental Theorems Together
Uniqueness Theorems
Maxwell’s Equations
Minus Signs
Chapter 1: Vector Analysis
Gradients Theorem
Divergence Theorem
Stokes’ Theorem (Curl)
Dirac Delta Function
Potentials and Boundary Conditions
Chapter 2: Electrostatics
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 2
Electric Field
Divergence and Curl of Electric Field, Gauss’s Law
Potential, Work, Energy
Boundary Conditions and Conductors
Chapter 3: Potentials
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 3
Laplace’s Equation and the Method of Images
Separation of Variables
Multipole Expansion
Chapter 4: Electric Fields in Matter
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 4
Polarization
Debrief HW3
Displacement
Boundary Values in the Presence of a Dielectric
Full solution to the Dielectric Cylinder Problem
Final Words (Rant?) on Displacement
One-third of the way through the course, we reflect…
Summary of Course so Far
Survey Results
First Exam
What will be the format of the 1st exam?
Practice Problems for 1st exam
First Exam
Chapter 5: Magnetostatics
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 5
Lorentz and Biot-Savart
Ampere’s Law and the Vector Potential
Chapter 6: Magnetic Fields in Matter
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 6
Magnetization and the Field of a Magnetized Object
The Auxiliary Field
Chapter 7: Electrodynamics
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 7
Electromotive Force and Induction
Maxwell’s Equations
Chapter 8: Griffiths calls it Conservation laws, at this point we only picked up the Continuity Equation and saved the rest for after Chapter 9
(We’re kind of picking up Chapter 8 along the way…)
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Waves
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 9
Light!!!!!
Polarization of Waves in Linear and Conducting Media
Boundary Conditions, Reflection and Transmission
Second Exam
Review for the second exam
What will be the format of the 2nd exam?
Practice Problems for 2nd exam
Second Exam
Poynting Vector, Energy, Transmission coefficient (parts of chapters 8 and 9)
In a quarter wave plate, can we really assume the transmission coefficients are the same?
Poynting Theorem, Poynting Vector, Energy, Momentum
Poynting Theorem in EM Waves, Transmission and Reflection Coefficients
Waves in a Tenuous Plasma, Dispersion
Chapter 10: Potentials and Fields
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 10
The Potential Formulation
The Deferred Potential
Leinard-Wiechert Potential
Chapter 11: Radiation
Andrea’s Crash Course in Chapter 11
Radiation
Dipole Radiation
Radiation from a Point Charge
The Final Week: Looking backwards and forwards
Chapter 10 Review (emphasis Gauge and Deferred) Plus Relativity, Chapt 12
Chapter 10 Review cont’d including Deferred Potential
Pancake breakfast party, and Review Chapter 11. We’ll do a questionnaire here to get your thoughts about the class
The Final Exam
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Format of the Final Exam
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