Physics 317: Electricity and Magnetism I (Fall 2009)



Instructor: Jiong Qiu (email: qiu@physics.montana.edu); office: EPS 221, phone: 994-7253

Grader: Chih-long Tsai

Classes: MWF: 11:00-11:50, WIL 1115

Office hours: MWF: 9:00-10:00, EPS 221, or other unblocked times in my schedule

Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths

Final Exam: 4:00-5:50pm, 12/15/09, Tuesday, WIL 1115

Course syllabus

Course Schedule:

Week of
Topics
Reading Assign.
Homework
Quiz
Aug 31
Sep 2
Sep 4
vector algebra
triple products, gradient
divergence and curl
Chap 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4
Chap 1.1.3, Chap 1.2.1-1.2.2
Chap 1.2.3-1.2.6
HW set #1
solution
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Sep 9
Sep 11
curl & product rule
second derivatives
Chap 1.2.5-1.2.6
Chap 1.2.7
HW set #2
solution
Quiz 1 on Sep 11
solution , scores
Sep 14
Sep 16
Sep 18
Integral calculus, gradient rule
Gauss's theorem, Stokes's theorem
curvilinear coordinates
Chap 1.3.1-3
Chap 1.3.4-5
Chap 1.4.1-2
HW set #3
solution
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Sep 21
Sep 23
Sep 25
Curvilinear coordinates
Dirac Delta function
Theory of vector fields
Chap 1.4
Chap 1.5
Chap 1.6
HW set # 4
solution
Quiz 2 on Sept 25
solution , scores
Sep 28
Oct 30
Oct 2
Coulomb's law, superposition
Gauss's law
Applications
Chap 2.1
Chap 2.2.1-2.2.3
Chap 2.2.3-2.2.4
HW set #5 ,
solution
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Oct 5
Oct 7-9
Applications (cont.)
Electric potential
Chap 2.2.3 - 2.2.4
Chap 2.3.1-2.3.5
HW set #6 ,
solution
Quiz 3 on October 9,
solution , scores
Oct 12-14
Oct 16
potential
energy
Chap 2.3.2, 2.3.4-5
Chap 2.4.1-3
HW set #7,
solution
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Oct 19, 21, 23
Review 2.1-2.4
conductors
capacitors
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2.5.1-2
Chap 2.5.3-4
HW set # 8
solution
Quiz 4 on Oct 26, Monday
solution , scores
Oct 26
28
30
Quiz-4
Laplacian Equation
Separation of Variables
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Chap 3.1
Chap 3.3
HW set # 9
solution
-
Nov 2
4, 6
Cartesian coordinates
spherical coordinates
Chap 3.3.1
Chap 3.3.2
HW set # 10,
solution
-
Nov 9
13
spherical coordinates (cont.)
Griffiths talk
Chap 3.3.2
Chap.3.2
HW set # 11 ,
solution
Quiz 5
solution
scores
Nov 16
Nov 18
Nov 20
method of images
multipole expansion
dipole field
Chap 3.2.1-3
Chap 3.4.1-2
Chap 3.4.3-4
HW set # 12 ,
solution
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Nov 23 polarization & bound charges Chap 4.1-4.2.2 Griffiths Problem 4.10 -
Nov 30
Dec 2, Dec 4

electric displacement
linear dielectrics
Chap 4.3
Chap 4.4.1-2
HW set # 13 Quiz 6
Dec 7
Dec 9
Dec 11
Gauss's law and boundary problem
energy and force
final review
Chap 4.4.2-3
Chap 4.3-4
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HW set # 14 -
Dec 15, 4-5:50 pm, WIL 1115 Final Exam