Physics 610
Spring 2016

Electricity and Magnetism I 

Course Materials:

• Week 0: 1/21                   Maxwell's Equations Review
  Syllabus
  Introductory overheads (Thursday, January 21, 2016)
  Problem Set 1 (due Thursday, January 28, 2016)
  
  
• Week 1: 1/26-28              Special Relativity
  Problem Set 2 (due Thursday, February 4, 2016)
  
  
• Week 2: 2/2-4              Relativistic Electrodynamics
  Problem Set 3 (due Thursday, February 11, 2016)
  
  
• Week 3: 2/9-11                  Classical Field Theory
  Problem Set 4 (due Thursday, February 18, 2016)
  
  
• Week 4: 2/16-18              Noether's Theorem
  
  
• Week 5: 2/23-25              Lorentz Group and Thomas Precession
  Problem Set 5 (due Thursday, March 3, 2016)
  
  
• Week 6: 3/1-3              Thomas-BMT Equation and Intro to Electrostatics
  Overheads for Thursday, March 3, 2016 ("pillars of electrostatics")
  
  Spring Break for 3/8 and 3/10
  
  
• Week 7: 3/15-17              Electrostatics and Midterm
  Midterm (in-class) on Thursday, March 17.
  
  
• Week 8: 3/22-24              Method of Images
  Problem Set 6 (due Thursday, March 31, 2016)
  
  
• Week 9: 3/29-31              Separation of Variables
  Problem Set 7 (due Thursday, April 7, 2016)
  
  
• Week 10: 4/5-7                Green's Functions
  
  
• Week 11: 4/12              Spherical Harmonics
  
  
• Week 12: 4/19-20-21            Multipole Expansion and Dielectrics
  Overheads for Tuesday, April 19, 2016 ("quasi-electrostatic dipole traps")
  Note: Extra lecture on Wednesday, April 20.
  Problem Set 8 (due Thursday, April 28, 2016)
  
  
• Week 13: 4/22-24            Magnetostatics ... briefly