Physics 200 B
SYLLABUS

 


Lecture

Date

Topic

Sections

Homework

1

M 05-Jan

Maxwell’s Equations

 Chapter 1

HW1 – W 14 Jan

2

W 07-Jan

Special Relativity

 Ch 11.1-3

HW1 –W 14 Jan

3

M 12-Jan

Four Vectors

 Ch 11.4-7

HW2 –W 21 Jan

4

W 14-Jan

E&M Field Tensor

 Ch 11.9-11

HW2 –W 12 Jan

M 19-Jan

MLK Day Holiday

5

W 21-Jan

Particle Dynamics

 Ch 12.1-3

HW3 – W 28 Jan

6

M 26-Jan

Field Lagrangian

 Ch 12.6-8

HW4 – W 04 Feb

7

W 28-Jan

Method of Images

 Ch 2.1-5

HW4 – W 04 Feb

8

M 02-Feb

Green Function for the Sphere

 Ch 2.6-2.8

HW5 – W 11 Feb

9

W 04-Feb

Separation of Variables (Cart.)

 Ch 2.9-11

HW5 –W 11 Feb

 

M 09-Feb

Midterm (Old Exams)

Ch.s 1, 11,12,2

 

10

W 11-Feb

Separation of Variables (Sph.)

 Ch 3.1-6

HW6 –W 18 Feb

M 16-Feb

President’s Day Holiday

11

W 18-Feb

Separation of Variables (Cyl.)

Ch 3.7-8

HW7-- W 25 Feb

12

M 23 Feb

Green Functions

 Ch 3.9-13

HW8 –W 04 Mar

13

W 25-Feb

Multipole Expansion

 Ch 4.1-2

HW8 –W 04 Mar

14

M 02-Mar

Dielectic Media

 Ch 4.3-7

HW9 –W 09 Mar

15

W 04-Mar

Magnetostatics

 Ch 5.1-7

HW9 –W 09 Mar

16

M 09-Mar

Boundary Value Problems

 Ch 5.8-13

HW10  M 16 Mar

17

W 11-Mar

Induction and Energy

 Ch 5.15-18

HW10  M 16 Mar

18

M 16-Mar

Review

 

 

W 18-Mar

Final Exam 10:30AM-1:30PM

Ch.s 11,12,1-5

 

 

 


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