Physics 610
Spring 2017

Electricity and Magnetism I 

Course Materials:

• Week 0: 1/19                   Maxwell's Equations Review
  Syllabus
  Introductory overheads (Thursday, January 19, 2017)
  Problem Set 1 (due Thursday, January 26, 2017)
  
  
• Week 1: 1/24-26              Special Relativity
  Problem Set 2 (due Thursday, February 2, 2017)
  
  
• Week 2: 1/31-2/2              Relativistic Electrodynamics
  Problem Set 3 (due Thursday, February 9, 2017)
  
  
• Week 3: 2/7-9                  Classical Field Theory
  Problem Set 4 (due Thursday, February 16, 2017)
  
  
• Week 4: 2/14-16              Noether's Theorem
  Problem Set 5 (due Thursday, February 23, 2017)
  
  
• Week 5: 2/21-23              Lorentz Group and Thomas Precession
  
  
• Week 6: 2/28-3/2              Thomas-BMT Equation and Intro to Electrostatics
  Overheads for Tuesday, February 28, 2017 ("pillars of electrostatics")
  Problem Set 6 (due Thursday, March 16, 2017)
  
  Spring Break for 3/7 and 3/9
  
  
• Week 7: 3/14-16              Midterm and Electrostatics
  Midterm (in-class) on Tuesday, March 14.
  Problem Set 7 (due Thursday, March 23, 2017)
  
  
• Week 8: 3/21-23              Method of Images and Green's Functions
  
  
• Week 9: 3/28-30              Separation of Variables
  Problem Set 8 (due Thursday, April 6, 2017)
  
  
• Week 10: 4/4-6                Spherical Harmonics
  Overheads for Thursday, April 6, 2017 ("Quasi-electrostatic laser traps")
  Problem Set 9 (due Thursday, April 13, 2017)
  
  
• Week 11: 4/11-13              Capacitors and Dielectrics
  Quiz covering orthonormality relations of spherical functions on Tuesday, April 10, 2017.
  
  
• Week 12: 4/18-19-20            Linear Dielectrics and Magnetostatics
  Note: Extra lecture on Wednesday, April 19.
  Problem Set 10 (due Tuesday, April 25, 2017)
  
  
• Week 13: 4/25-27            Magnetostatics
  
  
  
  The final exam is on Monday, May 8, 2017 for 9am-noon in Small Hall 122.