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.

Week Date Lecture Reading Homework Discussion
1 Monday
8/21/2022

Lecture 1
Introduction / Electric Field
pdf

Griffiths 2.1, 2.2.1-2.2.4

( Please also review the basics of vector calculus. There is a nice review in Griffiths Ch. 1. )

Homework #1 (pdf)

Due Wed. Aug. 30 @ 5 pm

 

Wednesday
8/23/2022

Lecture 2
Gauss’s Law
pdf

Friday
8/25/2022

Lecture 3
Divergence and Curl
pdf

2 Monday
8/28/2022

Lecture 4
Electric Potential I
pdf

Griffiths 2.3.1-2.3.5, 2.4

Homework #2 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 6 @ 5 pm

Discussion #1

solution

Wednesday
8/30/2022

Lecture 5
Electric Potential II
pdf

Friday
9/1/2022

Lecture 6
Work and Energy
pdf

3 Monday
9/4/2022

Labor Day

(no class)

Griffiths 2.5, 3.1.1-3.1.4

Homework #3 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 13 @ 5 pm

No Discussion

(Labor day)

Wednesday
9/6/2022

Lecture 7
Conductors
pdf

Friday
9/8/2022

Lecture 8
Laplace's Equation
pdf

4 Monday
9/11/2022

Lecture 9
Uniqueness Theorem
pdf

Griffiths 3.1.5, 3.2, 3.1.3

Homework #4 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 20 @ 5 pm

Wednesday
9/13/2022

Lecture 10
Method of Images
pdf

Friday
9/15/2022

Lecture 11
Separation of Variables I
pdf

5 Monday
918/2022

Lecture 12
Separation of Variables II
pdf

Griffiths 3.3.2, 3.4

Homework #5 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 27 @ 5 pm

 
 
Wednesday
9/20/2022

Zoom Lecture

Prof A in Santa Barbara

Friday
9/22/2022

Lecture 13
Multipole Expansions
pdf

6 Monday
9/25/2022

Lecture 14
Polarization
pdf

Griffiths 4.1-4.3 No homework

Discussion #4

solution

Wednesday
9/27/2022

No Class

(prof A. in Dresden)

Friday
9/29/2022

Lecture 15
Electric Displacement
pdf

7 Monday
10/2/2022

Lecture 16
Linear Dielectrics I
pdf

Griffiths 4.4.1-4.4.4

Homework #6 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 11 @ 5 pm

No Discussion
Wednesday
10/4/2022

Hour Exam I

Friday
10/6/2022

Lecture 17
Linear Dielectrics II
pdf

8 Monday
10/9/2022

Lecture 18
Lorentz Force Law
pdf

Griffiths 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1-5.3.2

Homework #7 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 18 @ 5 pm

Discussion #5

solution

Wednesday
10/11/2022

Lecture 19
Biot-Savart Law
pdf
Friday
10/13/2022

Lecture 20
Ampere's Law I
pdf

9 Monday
10/16/2022

Lecture 21
Ampere's Law II
pdf

Griffiths 5.3.3-5.3.4, 5.4.1-5.4.3

Homework #8 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 25 @ 5 pm

Discussion #6

solution

Wednesday
10/18/2022

Lecture 22
Vector Potential
pdf

Friday
10/20/2022

Lecture 23
Multipole Expansion
pdf

10 Monday
10/23/2022

Lecture 24
Magnetization
pdf

Griffiths 6.1-6.3

No homework

Wednesday
10/25/2022

Lecture 25
Field of a Magnetized Object
pdf

Friday
10/27/2022

Lecture 26
Auxiliary Field, H
pdf

11 Monday
10/30/2022

Lecture 27
Linear and Nonlinear Media
pdf

Griffiths 6.4, 7.1.1

Homework #9 (pdf)

Due Wed. Nov. 8 Mon. Nov. 13 @ 5 pm

No Discussion

Wednesday
11/1/2022

Hour Exam II

(prof A in Boulder, CO)

Friday
11/3/2022

Lecture 28
Conductivity
pdf

12 Monday
11/6/2022

Lecture 29
Electromotive Force
pdf

Griffiths 7.1.2-7.1.3, 7.2.1-7.2.2

Homework #10 (pdf)

Due Wed. Nov. 15 Fri. Nov. 17 @ 5 pm

Discussion #8

solution

Wednesday
11/8/2022

Lecture 30
Motional Emf
pdf

Friday
11/10/2022

Lecture 31
Faraday's Law
pdf

13 Monday
11/13/2022

Lecture 32
Inductance
pdf

Griffiths 7.2.3-7.2.4, 7.3.1-7.3.2

No homework

Discussion #9

solution

 

Wednesday
11/15/2022

Lecture 33
Energy in Magnetic Fields
pdf

Friday
11/17/2022

Lecture 34
Displacement Current
pdf

14

Monday
11/20/2022

Fall Break (no class)

 

 

 

Wednesday
11/22/2022

Fall Break (no class)

Friday
11/24/2022

Fall Break (no class)

15 Monday
11/27/2022

No class

(prof A. in Boston)

Griffiths 7.3.5

Homework #11 (pdf) -- optional

Due Wed. Dec. 6 @ 11:59 pm

No Discussion
Wednesday
11/29/2022

Hour Exam III

(prof A. in Stanford)

Friday
12/1/2022

Lecture 35
Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves
pdf

(guest lecturer Kieran Loehr)

16 Monday
12/4/2022

Lecture 36
Maxwell's Equations in Media
pdf

(guest lecturer Kieran Loehr)

   

Discussion #10

solution

Wednesday
12/6/2022

makeup day

 

12/11/22

8-11 am
 

Final exam

134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall