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. All homework assignments are due Friday at 5 PM.

Week Date Lecture Reading Homework Discussion
1 Mon
8/26

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.)

No homework

No discussion

Wed
8/28

Lecture 2
Gauss’s Law and Divergence of E
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
8/30

Lecture 3
Curl of E
pdf
study guide
recording

2 Mon
9/2

No Class (Labor Day)

Griffiths 2.3.1-2.3.5, 2.4

Homework #1 (pdf)

Due 9/6

No discussion
(Labor Day)

Wed
9/4

Lecture 4
Electric Potential I
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
9/6

Lecture 5
Electric Potential II
pdf
study guide
recording

3

Mon
9/9

Lecture 6
Work and Energy
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 2.5, 3.1.1-3.1.4

Homework #2 (pdf)

Due 9/13

Discussion #1
solutions

Wed
9/11

Lecture 7
Conductors
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
9/13

Lecture 8
Laplace's Equation
pdf
study guide
recording

4 Mon
9/16

Lecture 9
Uniqueness Theorem
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 3.1.5, 3.2, 3.1.3

Homework #3 (pdf)

Due 9/20

Discussion #2
solutions

Wed
9/18

Lecture 10
Method of Images
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
9/20

Lecture 11
Separation of Variables I
pdf
study guide
recording

5 Mon
9/23

Lecture 12
Separation of Variables II
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 3.3.2, 3.4

Homework #4 (pdf)

Due 9/27

 
 
Wed
9/25
Lecture 13
Multipole Expansions
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording
Fri
9/27

Lecture 14
Polarization
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording

6 Mon
9/30

Lecture 15
Calculus Review
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 4.1-4.3 No homework

 

Discussion #4
solutions

 

Wed
10/2
Lecture 16
Electric Displacement
pdf
study guide
recording
Fri
10/4

Hour Exam I

7 Mon
10/7

Lecture 17 - Part 1
Uniformly Polarized Sphere
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 4.4.1-4.4.4

Homework #5 (pdf)

Due 10/11

No Discussion
Wed
10/9

Lecture 17 - Part 2
Linear Dielectrics I
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
10/11

Lecture 18
Linear Dielectrics II
pdf
study guide
recording

8 Mon
10/14

Lecture 19
Lorentz Force Law
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1-5.3.2

Homework #6 (pdf)

Due 10/18

Discussion #5
solutions

Wed
10/16

Lecture 20
Biot-Savart Law
pdf
study guide
recording
Fri
10/18

Lecture 21
Ampere's Law I
pdf
study guide
recording

9 Mon
10/21

Lecture 22
Ampere's Law II
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 5.3.3-5.3.4, 5.4.1-5.4.3

Homework #7 (pdf)

Due 10/25

Discussion #6
solutions

Wed
10/23

Lecture 23
Vector Potential
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
10/25

Lecture 24
Calculating the
Vector Potential
virtual (zoom)
pdf
study guide
recording

10 Mon
10/28

Lecture 25
More on Vector Potential
& Multipole Expansion
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 6.1-6.3 No homework
Wed
10/30

Lecture 26
Magnetization and
Field of a Magnetized Object
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
11/1

Hour Exam II

11 Mon
11/4

Lecture 27
Auxiliary Field, H
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 6.4, 7.1.1

Homework #8 (pdf)

Due 11/8

No Discussion

Wed
11/6

Lecture 28
Linear Media & Conductivity
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
11/8

Lecture 29
Electromotive force and Motional EMF
pdf
study guide
recording

12 Mon
11/11

Lecture 30
Faraday's Law
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 7.1.2-7.1.3, 7.2.1-7.2.2

Homework #9 (pdf)

Due 11/15

Discussion #8
solutions

Wed
11/13

Lecture 31
Inductance
pdf
study guide
recording

Fri
11/15

Lecture 32
Energy in Magnetic Fields
pdf
study guide

13

Mon
11/18

Lecture 33
Displacement Current
pdf
study guide
recording

Griffiths 7.2.3-7.2.4, 7.3.1-7.3.2 No homework

 

Discussion #9
solutions

 

Wed
11/20

Lecture 34
Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves
pdf
study guide

Fri
11/22

Hour Exam III

14

Mon
11/25

No class

Thanksgiving break

No homework
No discussion

Wed
11/27

No class

Fri
11/29

No class

15 Mon
12/2
Lecture 35
Maxwell's Equations in Media
pdf
study guide
Griffiths 7.3.5

Homework #10 (pdf)

Due 12/6

Discussion #10
Wed
12/4

Lecture X
Modern applications:
Magnetic dipoles, axions, relativity
pdf
study guide

12/6

Finals Review
optional attendance
(everyone will receive participation credit)
pdf

16 Mon
12/9

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Wed
12/11

-

 

Fri
12/13
 

No class