Physics 4700 / 7700 - Course Schedule for Fall Semester 2008 - 272NSC / 5:30pm - 7:15pm

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Date	Description	Notes
Mon.   Aug. 18	I.  Course Outline	read Textbook Chapt. 1 Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 550 KB)
Wed.   Aug. 20	Vector Algebra / Differential Calculus	see above
Mon.   Aug. 25	Gradients / Divergence / Curls	see above
Wed.   Aug. 27	Gradients / Divergence / Curls HW Assign. #1 due !	see above
Mon.   Sept. 01	Labor Day Holiday
Wed.   Sept. 03	Spherical and Cylindrical Coord / Delta-Functions	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 680 KB)
Mon.   Sept. 08	II.  Electrostatics: Force / Field HW Assign. #2 due !	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 550 KB)
Wed.   Sept. 10	Electrostatics cont.	---
Mon.   Sept. 15	Charges HW Assign. #3 due !	read Textbook Chapt. 2   Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 800 KB)
Wed.   Sept. 17	Divergence and Curl of E	---
Mon.   Sept. 22	Potential, Poisson Equation; Work and Energy HW Assign. #4 due !	---
Wed.   Sept. 24	Conductors / Capacitors	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 400 KB)
Mon.   Sept. 29	III.   Special Boundary Problems HW Assign. #5 due !	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 430 KB)
Wed.   Oct. 01	Method of Images / Solving Laplace Equation	read Textbook Chapt. 3   Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 180 KB)
Mon.   Oct. 06	Solving Laplace Equation HW Assign. #6 due !	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 840 KB)
Wed.   Oct. 08	Multipole Expansion	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 300 KB)
Mon.   Oct. 13	IV.   Dielectrics / Induced charges HW Assign. #7 due !	read Textbook Chapt. 4   Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 760 KB)
Wed.   Oct. 15	IV.   Displacement fields	---
Mon.   Oct. 20	Midterm Test
Wed.   Oct. 22	V.   Magnetism: Force law	read Textbook Chapt. 5   Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 910 KB)
Mon.   Oct. 27	Biot-Savert-Law	---
Wed.   Oct. 29	Divergence & Curl of B	---
Mon.   Nov. 03	Vector potential	---
Wed.   Nov. 05	Magnetization of matter	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 470 KB)
Mon.   Nov. 10	VI.   Electrodynamics / Maxwell Equations HW Assign. #8 due !	read Textbook Chapt. 7   Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 640 KB)
Wed.   Nov. 12	Scalar and Vector Potentials	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 2.3 MB)
Mon.   Nov. 17	Wave Equations HW Assign. #9 due !	---
Wed.   Nov. 19	Wave propagation, boundary conditions	Lecture Notes (pdf-file: 2.9 MB)
Mon.   Nov. 24	Absorption and Dispersion	---
Wed.   Nov. 26	Thanksgiving Holidays
Mon.   Dec. 01	Guided Wave Propagation HW Assign. #10 due !	---
Wed.   Dec. 03	Review of covered material
Mon.   Dec. 08	Final Test
Wed.   Dec. 10	Test results and final grades should be ready

Grading: Homework: 60%, Midterm Test: 15%, and Final: 25%

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