| Day | Topic: Subtopic |
Reading (Main, Alternate, Deep) |
Due Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mon 9/24 |
Power Series Definition Small Group Activities Roles |
RHB 4.5 Boas 1 RHB 4.6 | |
| 2 Tue 9/25 |
Introduction to the Paradigms Coefficients Power Series Theorems Introduction to Maple Getting started with Maple More Maple Approximations using power series Adding up terms Exploiting symmetry |
GEM ix-xv Important series |
HW 0 |
| 3 Wed 9/26 |
Potentials for E & g Coulomb's Law Charges away from the origin Zero of potential Position Vector Dot Products |
GEM 2.3.2 RHB 7.2 GEM 1.1.4 RHB 7.6 GEM 1.1.1-1.1.2 |
HW 1 Solutions |
| 4 Thu 9/27 |
Superposition of Discrete Sources Dipoles Near and far limits |
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| 5 Fri 9/28 |
More Dipoles Writing Guiding Questions |
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HW 2 Solutions Problem3 |
| 6 Mon 10/1 |
Visualizing Potentials Equipotential surfaces Exploiting technology Concept Maps |
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| 7 Tue 10/2 |
Densities Line, surface, and volume densities Curvilinear coordinates Definitions Vector differential Cross & Triple Products Total Charge Line, surface, and volume integrals |
GEM 2.1.4 RHB 10.9, GEM 1.1.4, 1.4 RHB 10.10 GEM 1.4 RHB 7.6 GEM 1.1.1-1.1.3 RHB 11, GEM 1.3.1 Boas 6.8 | |
| 8 Wed 10/3 |
Idealization: Edges Theta Functions Idealization: Infinite Thinness Delta functions |
RHB 13.1.3 RHB 13.1.3, GEM 1.5 |
HW 3 Solutions |
| 9 Thu 10/4 |
Superposition of Continuous Sources Continuous charge distributions The ring |
RHB 11.1, 11.5-11.6, GEM 2.3.4, MT 5.1-5.2 | |
| 10 Fri 10/5 |
The Ring Limits near and far Writing Assignment 2 |
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HW 4 Solutions |
| 11 Mon 10/8 |
Zero of Potential Charges that extend to infinity Green functions |
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| 12 Tue 10/9 |
Quantifying Change Partial derivatives Gradients E & g Fields From gradients E & g Fields |
RHB 5.1-5.2 Boas 6.6 RHB 10.7, GEM 1.1.1-1.1.2 Boas 6.7 Schey IV TM 5.3 GEM 2.1, MT 5.4 | |
| 13 Wed 10/10 |
E & g Fields |
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HW 5 Solutions |
| 14 Thu 10/11 |
E & g Fields From Coulomb's Law |
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| 15 Fri 10/12 |
Back to Potentials Murder Mystery Method Review |
GEM 2.3.1, 1.3.2-1.3.3 |
HW 6 Solutions |
| 16 Mon 10/15 |
Final (7 pm) |
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Notebook |
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