Office hours: Wednesday 10:00-11:30 + 15 min. after each class
Griffiths, D. J. Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th edition.
Syllabus
Electrostatics: Coulomb's law,
Gauss's
law, electric potential and conductors, the method of images,
multipole expansion, electric fields in matter. (Griffiths Ch. 2,
3.1-2, 3.4, 4)
Midterm 1
Magnetostatics: Lentz force, Biot-Savarat law, Ampere's law
and
magnetic fields in matter. (Griffiths Ch. 5, 6)
Electrodynamics: Ohm's
law, Faraday's law, Maxwell's equations, Poynting vector (Griffiths
Ch.
7, 8.1).
Midterm 2
Electromagnetic waves and radiation (Griffiths
Ch.
9.2-4, 10.1, 11.1).
Elements of relativity
(Griffiths Ch. 12).
Homework
Will be communicated by email
Graded
Material
Problem sets (about 8 in
total): 40 %
Midterm exams: 10 % each
Final exam: 40 %