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Static Vector Fields
 
Fall 2008

First Day Handout

Daily Notices

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Day Topic:
  Subtopic
Reading
  (Main, Alternate,  Deep)
Due Dates
1
Mon
11/10
Flux
  Visualizing Flux
GEM 1.3.1, 2.2.1
RHB 11.5
 
2
Tue
11/11
Gauss's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
GEM 2.2.3
 
3
Wed
11/12
Divergence
  Visualizing Divergence
Maxwell's Eqn 1
  Divergence Theorem
Laplacian
GEM 1.2.4
GEM 1.5
GEM 1.3.4
GEM 2.2.2
GEM 2.3.3
HW 7
Solutions
 
4
Thu
11/13
Currents
Vector Potentials
  Spinning Ring
GEM 5.1.3, 5.2.1
GEM 5.4.1
  
5
Fri
11/14
Circulation
Curl
  Definition of Curl
More Curl
  Visualizing Curl
 
GEM 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3
Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4, RHB 10.9
GEM 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3
Schey p. 75-91
GEM 1.4, RHB 10.9
HW 8
Solutions
 
6
Mon
11/17
B Fields
  From A
 
 
7
Tue
11/18
Biot-Savart
  Derivation
 
 
8
Wed
11/19
B Fields
  From Biot-Savart
GEM 5.2.2
 
HW 9
Solutions
9
Thu
11/20
  Stokes' Theorem
GEM 1.3.5
 
10
Fri
11/21
Ampère's Law
Maxwell's Eqns 2, 3, 4
 
GEM 2.2.4, 5.3
 
HW 10
Solutions
 
11
Mon
11/24
Ampère's Law and Symmetry
  Applications
Theta and Delta Functions
GEM 5.3.3
 
  
12
Tue
11/25
Boundary Conditions for E
  Calculating at Boundaries
Boundary Conditions for B
  Calculating at Boundaries
Second Derivatives
GEM 2.3.5
GEM 5.4.2
GEM 1.2.7
HW 11
Solutions
Writing Assignment
13
Wed
11/26
Review (Optional)
 
 
14
Thu
11/27
Conservative Fields
Potentials
  Murder Mystery Method
RHB 11.4
Schey p. 63-91
 
  
15
Fri
11/28
Product Rules
Integration by Parts
Energy (continuous)
GEM 1.2.6
 
GEM 2.4
HW 12
Solutions
 
16
Mon
12/1
Conductors
Griffiths Triangle
Griffiths Triangle
GEM 2.5
GEM p 87
GEM 5.4.2
HW 13
Solutions
 

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