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

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All problems are from the 5th edition of Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics. 

Week Date Lecture Reading Homework Discussion
1 Monday
8/24

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. Sept. 2nd @ 5 pm

solution

 

Wednesday
8/26

Lecture 2
Gauss’s Law
pdf

Friday
8/28

Lecture 3
Divergence and Curl
pdf

2 Monday
8/31

Lecture 4
Electric Potential I
pdf

Griffiths 2.3.1-2.3.5, 2.4

Homework #2 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 9 @ 5 pm

solution

Discussion #1

solution

Wednesday
9/2

Lecture 5
Electric Potential II
pdf

Friday
9/4

Lecture 6
Work and Energy
pdf

3 Monday
9/7

No class (Labor Day)

Griffiths 2.5, 3.1.1-3.1.4

Homework #3 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 16 @ 5 pm

solution

No discussion

(Labor Day)

Wednesday
9/9

Lecture 7
Conductors
pdf

Friday
9/11

Lecture 8
Laplace's Equation
pdf

4 Monday
9/14

Lecture 9
Uniqueness Theorem
pdf

Griffiths 3.1.5, 3.2, 3.1.3

Homework #4 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sept. 23 @ 5 pm

solution

Wednesday
9/16

Lecture 10
Method of Images
pdf

Friday
9/18

Lecture 11
Separation of Variables I
pdf

5 Monday
9/21

Lecture 12
Separation of Variables II
pdf

Griffiths 3.3.2, 3.4

Homework #5 (pdf)

Due Wed. Sep. 30 @ 5 pm

solution

 

 
Wednesday
9/23

Lecture 13
Multipole Expansions
pdf

Friday
9/25

Lecture 14
Polarization
pdf

6 Monday
9/28

Lecture 15
Electric Displacement
pdf

Griffiths 4.1-4.3 No homework

Discussion #4

solution

Wednesday
9/30

Lecture 16
Linear Dielectrics I
pdf

Friday
10/2

No class

7 Monday
10/5

Hour Exam I

Solutions

Review

Lectures 1-13

Formula sheet

Griffiths 4.4.1-4.4.4

Homework #6 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 14 @ 5 pm

solution

No Discussion
Wednesday
10/7

Lecture 17
Linear Dielectrics II
pdf

Friday
10/9

Lecture 18
Lorentz Force Law
pdf

8 Monday
10/12

Lecture 19
Biot-Savart Law
pdf

Griffiths 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1-5.3.2

Homework #7 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 21 @ 5 pm

solution

Discussion #5

solution

Wednesday
10/14

Lecture 20
Ampere's Law I
pdf
Friday
10/16

Lecture 21
Ampere's Law II
pdf

9 Monday
10/19

Lecture 22
Vector Potential
pdf

Griffiths 5.3.3-5.3.4, 5.4.1-5.4.3

Homework #8 (pdf)

Due Wed. Oct. 28 @ 5 pm

solution

Discussion #6

solution

Wednesday
10/21

Lecture 23
Magnetic boundary conditions
pdf

Friday
10/23

Lecture 24
Multipole Expansion/Magnetization
pdf

10 Monday
10/26

Lecture 25
Field of a Magnetized Object
pdf

Griffiths 6.1-6.3

Homework #9 (pdf)

Due Wed, Nov 4 @ 5 pm

solution

Discussion #7

solution

Wednesday
10/28

Lecture 26
Auxiliary Field, H
pdf

Friday
10/30

Lecture 27
Linear and Nonlinear Media
pdf

11 Monday
11/2

Lecture 28
Conductivity
pdf

Griffiths 6.4, 7.1.1

No homework

Exam review during

disc session

Wednesday
11/4

Lecture 29
Motional Emf
pdf

Friday
11/6

No class

12 Monday
11/9

Hour Exam II

Lectures 14-27

Solutions

Review

Formula sheet

Griffiths 7.1.2-7.1.3, 7.2.1-7.2.2

Homework #10 (pdf)

Due Wed, Nov 18 @ 5 pm

solution

No discussion

Wednesday
11/11

Lecture 30
Faraday's Law
pdf

Friday
11/13

Lecture 31
Inductance
pdf

13 Monday
11/16

Lecture 32
Energy in Magnetic Fields
pdf

Griffiths 7.2.3-7.2.4, 7.3.1-7.3.2

Homework #11 (pdf)

Due Wed. Dec. 2 @ 5 pm

 

Discussion #8

solution

 

 

Wednesday
11/18

Lecture 33
Displacement Current
pdf

Friday
11/20

Lecture 34
Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves
pdf

14

Monday
11/23

Fall Break (no class)

 

 

 

Wednesday
11/25

Fall Break (no class)

Friday
11/27

Fall Break (no class)

15 Monday
11/30

Lecture 35
Maxwell's Equations in Media
pdf

Griffiths 7.3.5

 

Discussion #9

solution

Wednesday
12/2
 

Special Topic

Friday
12/4

Special Topic

16 Monday
12/7


Buffer Class
 

   

Discussion #10

solution

Wednesday
12/9

Lecture 36

Final Exam Review

pdf


Finals week

Final exam