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Fall 2022
PHY 4435: Electricity and Magmetism: M, W, F, Room 318 MSCX, 11:00 a.m.
Textbook: Electrodynamics by Griffiths, 4th edition.

Course Syllabus

Spring 2023
PHY 4438: Electromagnetic Fields: M, W, F, Room 318 MSCX, 11:00 a.m.
Textbook: Electrodynamics by Griffiths, 4th edition.

Course Syllabus


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PHY 4435, Electricity and Magnetisim: Video Lectures

Chapter 1

  • Lecture 1: Introduction to Vectors
  • Lecture 2: Cross Product
  • Lecture 3: The Gradient
  • Lecture 4: The Line Integral
  • Lecture 5: Divergence and Curl
  • Lecture 6: Cylindrical and Spherical CS
  • (Miscellaneous): Divergence in Cylindrical CS
  • (Miscellaneous): Stokes Theorem Example
  • Lecture 7: The Dirac Delta Function
  • Lecture 8: Delta Function Continued
  • Lecture 9: Sample Problems
  • Lecture 10: The Helmholtz Theorem
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    Chapter 2

  • Lecture 1: The Electric Field
  • Lecture 2: The Electric Field Outside a Charged Shell
  • Lecture 3: Gauss's Law
  • Lecture 4: Curl of E
  • Lecture 5: Electric Potential
  • Lecture 6: Boundary Conditions
  • Lecture 7: Energy in Electrostatics
  • Lecture 8: Conductors
  • (Miscellaneous): Electrostatics Energy Example
  • Lecture 9: Capacitance
  • Lecture 10: Energy Stored in a Capacitor
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    Chapter 3

  • Lecture 1: Maxima and Minima of Potentials
  • Lecture 2: Uniqueness Theorems
  • Lecture 3: Image Charges
  • Lecture 4: Laplace's Equation I
  • Lecture 5: Laplace's Equation II
  • Lecture 6: Laplace's Equation III
  • Lecture 7: Laplace's Equation IV
  • Lecture 8: The Electric Dipole
  • Lecture 9: Multipole Expansion
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    Chapter 4

  • Lecture 1: Force and Torque on a Dipole
  • Lecture 2: Problems 4.5 and 4.29
  • Lecture 3: Dielectric Materials
  • Lecture 4: Linear Dielectric Materials
  • Lecture 5: Example 4.7
  • Lecture 6: Example 4.8
  • Lecture 7: Energy Stored in a Dielectric
  • Lecture 8: Capacitors with a Dielectric
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    Chapter 5

  • Lecture 1: The Magnetic Field
  • Lecture 2: Work and Magnetism
  • Lecture 3: Biot-Savart's Law
  • Lecture 4: Ampere's Law
  • Lecture 5: Ampere's Law Contd.
  • Lecture 6: Vector Potential
  • Lecture 7: Vector Potential Contd.
  • Lecture 8: Boundary Conditions
  • Lecture 9: Multipole Expansion

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    PHY 4438, Electromagnetic Fields: Video Lectures

    Chapter 6

  • Lecture 1: Force and Torque on a Magnetic Dipole
  • Lecture 2: Bound Currents
  • Lecture 3: Magnetism
  • Lecture 4: Linear Magnetic Media
  • Lecture 5: Magnetostatic Boundary Conditions

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    Chapter 7

  • Lecture 1: Ohmic Materials
  • Lecture 2: Motional EMF
  • Lecture 3: Faraday's Law of Induction
  • Lecture 4: Induction Examples
  • Lecture 5: Inductance
  • Lecture 6: Maxwell's Equations
  • Lecture 7: Electromagnetism in Matter
  • Lecture 8: Superconductivity

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    Chapter 8

  • Lecture 1: Work Energy Theorem in Electrodynamics
  • Lecture 2: Maxwell Stress Tensor
  • Lecture 3: Electromagnetic Momentum
  • Lecture 4: Angular Momentum
  • Lecture 5: Magnetic Forces do no Work

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    Chapter 9

  • Lecture 1: The Wave Equation
  • Lecture 2: Waves on a String
  • Lecture 3: Electromagnetic Waves
  • Lecture 4: Plane Waves
  • Lecture 5: Reflection and Refraction (Normal Incidence)
  • Lecture 6: Reflection and Refraction (Oblique Incidence I)
  • Lecture 7: Reflection and Refraction (Oblique Incidence II)
  • Lecture 8: Electromagnetic Waves in Conductors

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