PHYS 436 :: 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 | Topic | Reading (Griffiths Sections) | Homework | Discussion | |
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| 1 | Monday 1/25/2021 |
Lecture 1 Introduction, Conservation Laws, Poynting's Theorem |
8.1.1, 8.1.2 |
Due |
No discussion this week |
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| Wednesday 1/27/2021 |
Lecture 1 Conservation Laws, Poynting's Theorem, Cont. |
" | ||||
| Friday 1/29/2021 |
Lecture 2 Momentum in EM, Maxwell’s Stress Tensor |
8.2.1, 8.2.2 |
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| 2 | Monday 2/1/2021 |
Lecture 3 Stress Tensor, cont. |
8.2.2 continued |
Due Friday, Feb. 12 @ 5 pm |
Discussion 1: |
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| Wednesday 2/3/2021 |
Lecture 4 Conservation of Momentum |
8.2.3 |
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| Friday 2/5/2021 |
Lecture 5 Angular Momentum in EM |
8.2.4 |
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| 3 | Monday 2/8/2021 |
Lecture 6 Classical Wave Equation |
9.1.1-9.1.4 (selected topics) |
Due Friday, Feb. 19 @ 5 pm |
Discussion 2: |
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| Wednesday 2/10/2021 |
Lecture 7 Electromagnetic Waves |
9.2.1, 9.2.2 | ||||
| Friday 2/12/2021 |
Lecture 7 Electromagnetic Waves, cont. |
" |
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| 4 | Monday 2/15/2021 |
Class canceled (cold, snow) | - |
Due Friday , Feb. 26 @ 5 pm |
Discussion 3: |
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| Wednesday 2/17/2021 |
Non-instructional day | - | ||||
| Friday 2/19/2021 |
Lecture 8 Energy and Momentum of EM Waves |
9.2.3 |
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| 5 | Monday 2/22/2021 |
Lecture 9 EM Waves in Linear Media |
9.3.1 |
Due |
Discussion 4: |
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| Wednesday 2/24/2021 |
Lecture 10 Reflection and Transmission at an Interface |
9.3.2, 9.3.3 | ||||
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Friday |
Lecture 11 Reflection and Transmission at Oblique Incidence |
9.3.3 continued |
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| 6 | Monday 3/1/2021 |
Lecture 12 EM Waves in Conductors |
9.4.1, 9.4.2 | No Homework |
Discussion 5: |
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| Wednesday 3/3/2021 |
Lecture 13 |
9.4.3 |
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| Friday 3/5/2021 |
Lecture 14 Wave Guides |
9.5.1, 9.5.2 | ||||
| 7 | Monday 3/8/2021 |
Lecture 15 Transmission Lines |
9.5.2, 9.5.3 |
Due |
No Discussion | |
| Wednesday 3/10/2021 |
HOUR EXAM I |
- |
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| Friday 3/12/2021 |
Lecture 16 Resonant Cavities |
Problem 9.38 |
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| 8 | Monday 3/15/2021 |
Lecture 17 Potential Formulation of Electrodynamics |
10.1.1, 10.1.2 |
Due |
Discussion 6: |
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| Wednesday 3/17/2021 |
Lecture 18 Gauge Transformations |
10.1.2 cont., 10.1.3 |
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| Friday 3/19/2021 |
Lecture 19 Retarded Potentials |
10.2.1, 10.2.2 |
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| 9 | Monday 3/22/2021 |
Lecture 20 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials |
10.3.1 |
Due |
Discussion 7: |
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| Wednesday 3/24/2021 |
Non-instructional day | - | ||||
| Friday 3/26/2021 |
Lecture 21 Liénard-Wiechert Potentials, cont. |
10.3.1 continued |
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| 10 | Monday 3/29/2021 |
Lecture 22 |
10.3.2 |
Homework phase slip |
Discussion 8:
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| Wednesday 3/31/2021 |
Lecture 23 |
11.1.1, 11.1.2 |
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| Friday 4/2/2021 |
Lecture 24 |
11.1.2 cont., 11.1.3 |
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| 11 | Monday 4/5/2021 |
Lecture 25 Radiation from Higher Order Moments |
11.1.4 | No Homework |
Discussion 9: |
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| Wednesday 4/7/2021 |
Lecture 26 Radiation from a Point Charge |
11.2.1, 11.2.2 |
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| Friday 4/9/2021 |
Lecture 26 Radiation from a Point Charge, cont. |
11.2.1, 11.2.2 cont. |
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| 12 | Monday 4/12/2021 |
Lecture 27 Radiation Reaction |
11.2.2 cont., 11.2.3 |
Due Friday, Apr. 23 @ 5 pm |
No Discussion | |
| Wednesday 4/14/2021 |
- |
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| Friday 4/16/2021 |
Lecture 28 Review of Special Relativity |
12.1.1, 12.1.2 |
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| 13 | Monday 4/19/2021 |
Lecture 29 Lorentz Transformations |
12.1.3, 12.1.4 |
Due Friday, Apr. 30 @ 5 pm |
Discussion 10: |
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| Wednesday 4/21/2021 |
Lecture 30 Relativistic Dynamics |
12.2.1, 12.2.2 |
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| Friday 4/23/2021 |
Lecture 31 Hidden Momentum |
12.2.3, 12.2.4 | ||||
| 14 | Monday 4/26/2021 |
Lecture 32 Magnetism as a Relativistic Phenomenon |
12.3.1, 12.3.2 |
(optional) |
Discussion 11: |
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| Wednesday 4/28/2021 |
Lecture 33 Lorentz Transformation of EM Fields |
12.3.2, cont. | ||||
| Friday 4/30/2021 |
Lecture 34 Electromagnetic Field Tensor |
12.3.3, 12.3.4 | ||||
| 15 | Monday 5/3/2021 |
Lecture 35 Maxwell's Equations in Covariant Form |
12.3.4, cont. | - |
Discussion 12: |
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| Wednesday 5/5/2021 |
Lecture 35, cont. Relativistic Potentials |
12.3.5 | ||||
| Friday 5/7/2021 |
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| 16 | 5/13/2021 | Final Exam, CBTF, 8-11 am | ||||