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Static Vector Fields
 
Fall 2007

First Day Handout

Daily Notices

Tentative: Check Often For Updates

Day Topic:
  Subtopic
Reading
  (Main, Alternate,  Deep)
Due Dates
1
Mon
10/15
Electric Fields
 
 
2
Tue
10/16
Conservative Fields
Curl
  Definition of Curl
Potentials
  Murder Mystery Method
RHB 11.4
Schey p. 63-91
GEM 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3
Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4, RHB 10.9
 
   
3
Wed
10/17
Flux
  Visualizing Flux
GEM 1.3.1, 2.2.1
RHB 11.5
 
4
Thu
10/18
Gauss's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
GEM 2.2.3
 
5
Fri
10/19
Divergence
  Visualizing Divergence
Maxwell's Eqn 1
  Divergence Theorem
GEM 1.2.4
GEM 1.5
GEM 1.3.4
GEM 2.2.2
HW 8
Solutions
6
Mon
10/22
Product Rules
Integration by Parts
Energy
Conductors
GEM 1.2.6
 
GEM 2.4
GEM 2.5
    
7
Tue
10/23
Boundary Conditions for E
  Calculating at Boundaries
Writing
  Assignment 4
GEM 2.3.5
 
  
8
Wed
10/24
Catch-up
 
 
HW 9
Solutions
9
Thu
10/25
Currents
Griffiths Triangle
Second Derivatives
Laplacian
GEM 5.1.3, 5.2.1
GEM p 87
GEM 1.2.7
GEM 2.3.3
    
10
Fri
10/26
B Fields
  From A
B Vector Potentials
  Spinning Ring
 
GEM 5.4.1
HW 10
Solutions
11
Mon
10/29
More Curl
  Visualizing Curl
  Stokes' Theorem
GEM 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3
Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4, RHB 10.9
GEM 1.3.5
  
12
Tue
10/30
Biot-Savart
  Derivation
B Fields
  From Biot-Savart
 
GEM 5.2.2
  
13
Wed
10/31
Ampère's Law
Maxwell's Eqns 2, 3, 4
Ampère's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
Griffiths Triangle
 
GEM 2.2.4, 5.3
GEM 5.3.3
GEM 5.4.2
HW 11
Solutions
  
14
Thu
11/1
Boundary Conditions for B
  Calculating at Boundaries
GEM 5.4.2
 
15
Fri
11/2
Review
 
 
HW 12
Solutions
16
Mon
11/5
Final (7 pm)
 
 

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