| 1 | Introduction
Coulomb's Law, Superposition
Energy of Charge Distributions | Problem set 0 out |
| 2 | Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law | Problem set 1 out
Problem set 0 due one day before session 2 |
| 3 | Energy Density of the Field
Electric Potential
Gradient
Gauss's Law Revisited
Divergence | Problem set 2 out
Problem set 1 due one day after session 3 |
| 4 | Poisson and Laplace Equations
Curl
Uniqueness Theorem
Introduction to Conductors | |
| 5 | Laboratory 1: Electrostatics | |
| 6 | Fields and Potentials around Conductors
Capacitance | Problem set 3 out
Problem set 2 due |
| 7 | More on Capacitance | |
| 8 | Current, Continuity Equation
Resistance, Ohm's Law | Problem set 3 due |
| 9 | Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3 (Covers lectures 1-6) | |
| 10 | EMF, Circuits
Kirchhoff's Rules | Problem set 4 out |
| 11 | Variable Currents, RC Circuits
Thévenin Equivalence | |
| 12 | Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field
Ampere's Law | Problem set 5 out
Problem set 4 due |
| 13 | Special Relativity I: Spacetime | |
| 14 | Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields
Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields | Problem set 6 out
Problem set 5 due
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| 15 | Ampere's Law Revisited
Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law | |
| 16 | Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law | Problem set 7 out
Problem set 6 due |
| 17 | Mutual and Self Inductance
Magnetic Field Energy | |
| 18 | RL Circuits
Undriven RLC Circuits
Phasor Representation | Problem set 8 out
Problem set 7 due |
| 19 | Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7 | |
| 20 | Make-up Exam | |
| 21 | Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance
Power and Energy | Problem set 9 out
Problem set 8 due |
| 22 | Laboratory 2: RLC Circuit Driven | |
| 23 | AC Circuits (conclusion)
Filters
Quality Factor and Resonance |
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| 24 | Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations | Problem set 10 out
Problem set 9 due |
| 25 | Wave Equation
Electromagnetic Radiation | |
| 26 | Radiation (cont.)
Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation | Problem set 11 out
Problem set 10 due
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| 27 | Laboratory 3: Microwaves | |
| 28 | Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials
Transmission Lines | Problem set 11 due
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| 29 | Final Exam | |