Course Webpage for PHYS 320 at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 320: Electricity and Magnetism I (2013 Fall)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: Dec 13, 2013. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: 453-5212)
- Class meetings: MWF 2:00-2:50 PM, in Neckers 410.
- Office hours: WF 3:00-6:00 PM, or by appointment.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Grades will be posted on SIU Online (password protected).
Lecture notes:
1. Vector Calculus
  1. SET-01: Introduction [Aug 19]
  2. SET-02: Vectors [Aug 21, 23] (Sec. 1.1, Griffiths 4e)
  3. SET-03: Vector calculus (differentiation) [Aug 23, 26, 28] (Sec. 1.2, Griffiths 4e)
  4. SET-04: Vector calculus (integration) [Aug 30, Sep 4, 6] (Sec. 1.3, Griffiths 4e)
  5. SET-05: Curvilinear (cylindrical) coordinates [Sep 6, 9] (Sec. 1.4, Griffiths 4e)
  6. SET-06: Delta functions [Sep 11] (Sec. 1.5, Griffiths 4e)
2. Electrostatics
  1. SET-07: [Sep 13]
    - Maxwell's equations
    - Conservation of charge
    - Electric and magnetic potential
  2. SET-08: [Sep 16]
    - Electrostatics and magnetostatics
    - Uniqueness of solutions
    - Earnshaw theorem
  3. SET-09: [Sep 20, 23, 25]
    - Point charge
    - Green's function - Superposition principle
    - Dipole
  4. SET-10: [Sep 27, 30]
    - Volume charge
    - Surface charge
    - Line charge
  5. SET-11: Gauss's law [Oct 2, 4] (Sec. 2.2, Griffiths 4e)
  6. SET-12: Conservation of energy [Oct 7, 9] (Secs. 2.4 and 4.1, Griffiths 4e)
3. Macroscopic electrodynamics
  1. SET-13: Macroscopic Maxwell's equations [Oct 16, 18] (Chaps. 4 and 6, Griffiths 4e)
  2. SET-14: Electrically polarized materials [Oct 21, 25, 28] (Chap. 4, Griffiths 4e)
4. Green's function
  1. SET-15: Green's function - Introduction [Oct 30, Nov 1] (Schwinger et al., Chap 12.)
  2. SET-16: Free Green's function - Planar geometry [Nov 4, 6] (Schwinger et al., Chap 13.)
  3. SET-17: Green's function for a semi-infinite slab [Nov 8, 13] (Schwinger et al., Chap 14.)
  4. SET-18: Method of images [Nov 15, 18] (Schwinger et al., Chap 14.)
5. Bessel functions
  1. SET-19: Special functions [Nov 20]
  2. SET-20: Bessel functions [Nov 22, Dec 2, 4] (Schwinger et al., Chap 16.)
Homeworks:
1. Homework set No. 01 [Due: Aug 30] (Vectors, Vector differentiation.)
2. Homework set No. 02 [Due: Sep 13] {Solutions} (Vector integration, curvilinear coordinates, delta function.)
3. Homework set No. 03 [Due: Oct 2] (Electrostatics.)
4. Homework set No. 04 [Due: Oct 16] (Gauss's law.)
5. Homework set No. 05 [Due: Oct 30] (Electric polarization.)
6. Homework set No. 06 [Due: Nov 13] (Green's function.)
7. Homework set No. 07 [Due: Dec 2] (Method of images.)
Exams:
1. Exam No. 01 and Solutions to Exam No. 01.
2. Exam No. 02 and Solutions to Exam No. 02.
3. Final Exam and Solutions to Final Exam.
More information:
- Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, by David J. Griffiths.
- References:
  - Prof. Pericak-Spector's Helpsheets for integral calculus:
  - Classical Electrodynamics, by J. Schwinger, L. L. DeRaad, Jr., K. A. Milton, and Wu-yang Tsai.
  - Electromagnetic Theory, by J. A. Stratton.
  - Classical Electrodynamics, by J. D. Jackson.
- Evaluation: Homework-30%, Midterm Exams (2x20%)-40%, Final Exam-30%.
- Exam schedule:
  - Exam I - September 18 (Wednesday, in class),
  - Exam II - October 23 (Wednesday, in class),
  - Final Exam - December 13 (Friday, 12:50pm-2:50pm).

Last updated on Dec 13, 2013 (and is no more maintained) by K V Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).