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Static Vector Fields
 
Fall 2013

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Day Topic:
  Subtopic
Reading   (Bridge Book)
  (Main, Alternate,  Deep)
Due Dates
1
Mon
10/21
Flux
  Visualizing Flux
  Maple Version
GEM 1.3.1, 2.2.1
RHB 11.5
Flux
Gauss's Law
Cube
Cube Hint
     
2
Tue
10/22
Gauss's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
GEM 2.2.3
Boas 6.10
Gauss's Law
Gauss's Law Hint
   
3
Wed
10/23
More Gauss's Law
 
 
 
HW 1
Practice
Solutions
4
Thu
10/24
Divergence
  Definition
  Visualizing Divergence
  Maple Version
Maxwell's Eqn 1
  Divergence Theorem
Laplacian
Current
Vector Potentials
  Spinning Ring
GEM 1.2.4
Boas 6.7
GEM 1.5
Divergence
Curvilinear Coords
Visualizing Divergence
Visualize Hint
GEM 1.3.4
GEM 2.2.2, Boas 6.10
Maxwell's Eqns
Divergence of Point Charge
Electric Field Lines
GEM 2.3.3
Boas 6.10
Laplacian
GEM 5.1.3, 5.2.1
Current
Vector Potential
GEM 5.4.1
Spinning Ring
               
5
Fri
10/25
More Vector Potential
 
 
 
HW 2
Practice
Solutions
6
Mon
10/28
Circulation
Curl
  Definition of Curl
 
Curl
GEM 1.2.5, Boas 6.7, Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4
  
7
Tue
10/29
More Curl
  Visualizing Curl
  Maple Version
Product Rules
B Fields
  From A
Biot-Savart
  Derivation
GEM 1.2.5, Boas 6.8, Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4
 
Product Rules
GEM 1.2.6
 
Biot-Savart Law
     
8
Wed
10/30
B Fields
  From Biot-Savart
B from wire
GEM 5.2.2
Compare A & B
 
HW 3
Practice
Solutions
9
Thu
10/31
Ampère's Law
Ampère's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
B from plane
Ampere Symmetry
GEM 5.3.3
  
10
Fri
11/1
Stokes' Theorem
Maxwell's Eqns 2, 3, 4
Stokes' Thm.
GEM 1.3.5, Boas 6.11
Maxwell's Eqns.
GEM 2.2.4, 5.3
 
HW 4
Practice
Solutions
11
Mon
11/4
Second Derivatives
Conservative Fields
Second Derivatives
GEM 1.2.7
Independence of Path
Conservative Vector Fields
RHB 11.4, Schey p. 63-91
   
12
Tue
11/5
Integration by Parts
Energy (continuous)
Murder Mystery Method
Integration by Parts
Electrostatic Energy
GEM 2.4
 
   
13
Wed
11/6
Conductors
  Conductors
Conductors
GEM 2.5
 
 
HW 5
Practice
Solutions
14
Thu
11/7
Boundary Conditions for E
  Calculating at Boundaries
Boundary Conditions for B
  Calculating at Boundaries
Dot Products and Components
Electric Field Boundary Conditions
GEM 2.3.5
Magnetic Field Boundary Conditions
GEM 5.4.2
   
15
Fri
11/8
Griffiths Triangle
Griffiths Triangle
Electrostatics Summary
GEM p 87
Magnetostatics Summary
GEM 5.4.2
 
HW 6
Practice
Solutions

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