PHYS 435 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

All problems are from the 3rd edition of Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics. If you are using the 4th edition, refer to the individual pdf files for specific problems.

Homework should be submitted using Gradescope. See the Course Description page for details.

Videos of past lectures are also posted on the Course Description page, where they are password protected to comply with FERPA regulations.

Week	Date	Lecture	Reading	Homework	Discussion
1	Monday 8/24/2020	Lecture 1 Introduction / Electric Field pdf	Griffiths 2.1, 2.2.1-2.2.3 ( Please also review the basics of vector calculus. There is a nice review in Griffiths Ch. 1 )	Homework #1: Griffiths problems 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14 Due Wed. Sept. 2 @ 5 pm
	Wednesday 8/26/2020	Lecture 1, continued. Introduction / Electric Field pdf
	Friday 8/28/2020	Lecture 2 Gauss’s Law pdf
2	Monday 8/31/2020	Lecture 3 Divergence and Curl pdf	Griffiths 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.3.1-2.3.5	Homework #2: Griffiths problems 1.42, 2.20, 2.24, 2.25 Due Wed. Sept. 9 @ 5 pm	Discussion #1 solution
	Wednesday 9/2/2020	Lecture 4 Electric Potential I pdf
	Friday 9/4/2020	Lecture 5 Electric Potential II pdf
3	Monday 9/7/2020	Labor Day	Griffiths 2.4-2.5	Homework #3: Griffiths problems 2.27, 2.30, 2.35, 2.36 Due Wed. Sept. 16 @ 5 pm	No discussion (Labor Day)
	Wednesday 9/9/2020	Lecture 6 Work and Energy pdf
	Friday 9/11/2020	Lecture 7 Conductors pdf
4	Monday 9/14/2020	Lecture 8 Laplace's Equation pdf	Griffiths 3.1.1-3.1.5	Homework #4: Griffiths problems 2.38, 2.39, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7 Due Wed. Sept. 23 @ 5 pm	Discussion #2 solution
	Wednesday 9/16/2020	Lecture 8, continued. Laplace's Equation pdf
	Friday 9/18/2020	Lecture 9 Uniqueness Theorem pdf
5	Monday 9/21/2020	Lecture 10 Method of Images pdf	Griffiths 3.2, 3.3.1-3.3.2	No homework	Discussion #3 solution
	Wednesday 9/23/2020	Lecture 11 Separation of Variables I pdf
	Friday 9/25/2020	Lecture 12 Separation of Variables II pdf
6	Monday 9/28/2020	Lecture 13 Multipole Expansions pdf	Griffiths 3.4	Homework #5: Griffiths problems 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 3.21 Due Wed. Oct. 7 @ 5 pm	No discussion (Hour exam)
	Wednesday 9/30/2020	Hour Exam I solutions
	Friday 10/2/2020	Lecture 13, continued. Multipole Expansions pdf
7	Monday 10/5/2020	Lecture 14 Polarization pdf	Griffiths 4.1-4.3, 4.4.1	Homework #6: Griffiths problems 3.26, 3.32, 4.6, 4.7, 4.10, 4.11, 4.17 Due Wed. Oct. 14 @ 5 pm	Discussion #4 solution
	Wednesday 10/7/2020	Lecture 15 Electric Displacement pdf
	Friday 10/9/2020	Lecture 16 Linear Dielectrics I pdf
8	Monday 10/12/2020	Lecture 17 Linear Dielectrics II pdf	Griffiths 4.4.2-4.4.4, 5.1-5.2	Homework #7: Griffiths problems 4.18, 4.21, 4.24, 4.26, 5.6 Due Wed. Oct. 21 @ 5 pm	Discussion #5 solution
	Wednesday 10/14/2020	Lecture 18 Lorentz Force Law pdf
	Friday 10/16/2020	Lecture 19 Biot-Savart Law pdf
9	Monday 10/19/2020	Lecture 20 Ampere's Law I pdf	Griffiths 5.3.1-5.3.4, 5.4.1-5.4.2	Homework #8: Griffiths problems 5.8, 5.10, 5.13, 5.15, 5.16, 6.4 Due Wed. Oct. 28 @ 5 pm	Discussion #6 solution
	Wednesday 10/21/2020	Lecture 21 Ampere's Law II pdf
	Friday 10/23/2020	Lecture 22 Vector Potential pdf
10	Monday 10/26/2020	Lecture 23 Multipole Expansion pdf	Griffiths 5.4.3, 6.1-6.2	No homework	Discussion #7 solution
	Wednesday 10/28/2020	Lecture 24 Magnetization pdf
	Friday 10/30/2020	Lecture 25 Field of a Magnetized Object pdf
11	Monday 11/2/2020	Lecture 26 Auxiliary Field, H pdf	Griffiths 6.3-6.4	Homework #9: Griffiths problems 5.22, 5.23, 5.26, 5.34, 6.3, 6.8 Due ~~Wed. Nov. 11~~ Mon. Nov. 16 @ 5 pm	No Discussion (Hour exam)
	Wednesday 11/4/2020	Hour Exam II solutions
	Friday 11/6/2020	Lecture 27 Linear and Nonlinear Media pdf
12	Monday 11/9/2020	Lecture 28 Conductivity pdf	Griffiths 7.1.1-7.1.3	Homework #10: Griffiths problems 6.12, 6.16, 6.17, 7.1, 7.7, 7.8 Due ~~Wed. Nov. 18~~ Fri. Nov. 20 @ 5 pm	Discussion #8 solution
	Wednesday 11/11/2020	Lecture 29 Electromotive Force pdf
	Friday 11/13/2020	Lecture 30 Motional Emf pdf
13	Monday 11/16/2020	Lecture 31 Faraday's Law pdf	Griffiths 7.2.1-7.2.4	No homework	Discussion #9 solution
	Wednesday 11/18/2020	Lecture 32 Inductance pdf
	Friday 11/20/2020	Lecture 33 Energy in Magnetic Fields pdf
14	Monday 11/23/2020	Fall Break (no class)
	Wednesday 11/25/2020	Fall Break (no class)
	Friday 11/27/2020	Fall Break (no class)
15	Monday 11/30/2020	Lecture 34 Displacement Current pdf	Griffiths 7.3.1-7.3.2, 7.3.5	Homework #11: Griffiths problems 7.17, 7.20, 7.31 Due Wed. Dec. 9 @ 5 pm	No discussion (Hour exam)
	Wednesday 12/2/2020	Hour Exam III solutions
	Friday 12/4/2020	Lecture 35 Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves pdf
16	Monday 12/7/2020	Lecture 36 Maxwell's Equations in Media pdf			Discussion #10 solution
	Wednesday 12/9/2020	Makeup Day
	Thursday 12/10/2020	Reading Day
	TBA	Final Exam Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7-10 pm at the CBTF