PHYS 435 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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All problems are from the 5th edition of Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics.
| Week | Date | Lecture | Reading | Homework | Discussion |
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| 1 |
Griffiths 2.1, 2.2 ( Please also review the basics of vector calculus. There is a nice review in Griffiths Ch. 1. ) |
Due Wed. Jan. 28 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 1/21 |
Lecture 1 |
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| Friday 1/23 |
Lecture 2 |
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| 2 | Monday 1/26 |
Lecture 3 |
Appendix B, Griffiths 2.2, 2.3 |
Due Wed. Feb. 4 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 1/28 |
Lecture 4 |
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| Friday 1/30 |
Lecture 5 |
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| 3 | Monday 2/2 |
Lecture 6 |
Griffiths 2.4, 2.5, 3.1.1-3.1.4 |
Due Wed. Feb. 11 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 2/4 |
Lecture 7 |
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| Friday 2/6 |
Lecture 8 |
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| 4 | Monday 2/9 |
Lecture 9 Uniqueness Theorem |
Griffiths 3.1.5, 3.2, 3.1.3 |
Homework #4 (pdf) Due Wed. Feb. 18 @ 5 pm solution |
Discussion #2 solution |
| Wednesday 2/11 |
Lecture 10 Method of Images |
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| Friday 2/13 |
Lecture 11 Separation of Variables I |
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| 5 | Monday 2/16 |
Lecture 12 |
Griffiths 3.3.2, 3.4 |
Due Wed. Feb. 25 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 2/18 |
Lecture 13 |
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| Friday 2/20 |
Lecture 14 |
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| 6 | Monday 2/23 |
Lecture 15 Polarization |
Griffiths 4.1-4.3 |
Due Wed. Mar. 4 @ 5 pm |
Discussion #4 solution |
| Wednesday 2/25 |
Lecture 16 Polarization |
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| Friday 2/27 |
Lecture 17 |
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| 7 | Monday 3/2 |
Lecture 18 |
Griffiths 4.4.1-4.4.4 | No homework | |
| Wednesday 3/4 |
Lecture 19 |
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| Friday 3/6 |
No class |
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| 8 | Monday 3/9 |
Hour Exam I Lectures 1-17 |
Griffiths 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1-5.3.2 | Homework #7 (pdf) Due Wed. Mar. 25 @ 5 pm solution |
No Discussion |
| Wednesday 3/11 |
Lecture 20 Lorentz Force Law |
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| Friday 3/13 |
Lecture 21 Biot-Savart Law |
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| 9 | Monday 3/16 |
Spring Break, No Class | |||
| Wednesday 3/18 |
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| Friday 3/20 |
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| 10 | Monday 3/23 |
Lecture 22 Ampere's Law I |
Griffiths 5.3.3-5.3.4, 5.4.1-5.4.3 | Homework #8 (pdf) Due Wed. Apr. 1 @ 5 pm solution |
Discussion #6 solution |
| Wednesday 3/25 |
Lecture 23 Ampere's Law II |
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| Friday 3/27 |
Lecture 24 Vector Potential |
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| 11 | Monday 3/30 |
Lecture 25 |
Griffiths 6.1-6.3 |
No homework |
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| Wednesday 4/1 |
Lecture 26 |
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| Friday 4/3 |
Lecture 27 |
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| 12 | Monday 4/6 |
No class | Griffiths 6.4, 7.1.1 | Homework #9 (pdf) Due Wed, Apr. 15 @ 5 pm solution |
No Discussion |
| Wednesday 4/8 |
Hour Exam II Lectures 14-25 Solutions Review Formula sheet |
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| Friday 4/10 |
Lecture 28 Auxiliary Field, H |
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| 13 | Monday 4/13 |
Lecture 29 |
Griffiths 7.1.2-7.1.3, 7.2.1-7.2.2 |
Due Wed, Apr. 22 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 4/15 |
Lecture 30 |
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| Friday 4/17 |
Lecture 31 |
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| 14 | Monday 4/20 |
Lecture 32 Faraday's Law |
Griffiths 7.2.3-7.2.4, 7.3.1-7.3.2 | No homework | Discussion #9 solution |
| Wednesday 4/22 |
Lecture 33 Inductance |
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| Friday 4/24 |
Lecture 34 |
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| 15 | Monday 4/27 |
Lecture 35 Displacement Current |
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Due Wed. Dec. 10 @ 5 pm |
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| Wednesday 4/29 |
Lecture 36 Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves |
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| Friday 5/1 |
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| 16 | Monday 5/4 |
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| Wednesday 5/6 |
Last day of instruction | ||||
| Thursday 5/7 |
Reading Day |
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| 17 |
Thursday 5/14 |
FINAL EXAM @ 1:30 - 4:30 pm Room: 100 Materials Science & Eng Bld |
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