| Day | Topic: Subtopic |
Reading (Bridge Book) (Main, Alternate, Deep) |
Due Dates |
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| 1 Mon 4/2 |
Introduction Course Paradigms Electric Potential Coulomb's Law |
Griffiths pp. xii-xviii Introduction Dimensions Potential | |
| 2 Tue 4/3 |
Electric Potential Due to Charged Particles Superposition Visualizing Equipotential Surfaces Visualize: Mathematica Visualize: PhET |
Superposition Visualizing Equipotentials More Visualizing Equipotentials Visualizing w/ Technology |
What questions do you have HW1 (Canvas) |
| 3 Wed 4/4 |
Power Series Theorems Approximations |
Boas 1.2 RHB 4.5 RHB 4.6 Definitions Memorize Common Power Series More Coefficients Dimensions Approximations Theorems Adding up terms More Adding Up Convergence |
HW1 Solutions SolFigs3-5 SolFigs6 Visualizing Equipotentials Reflection (Canvas) |
| 4 Thu 4/5 |
Dot Products Star Trek Activity Electric Potential Due to Charged Particles Charges not at the origin Two Charged Particles |
Boas pp. 101-102 Griffiths 1.1.1-1.1.2 Dot Products 2 Point Charges |
What questions do you have HW2 (Canvas) |
| 5 Fri 4/6 |
Electric Potential Cont. Two Charged Particles Integration |
More 2 Point Charges |
HW2 Solutions SolFigs4 SolFigs5 Star Trek Reflection (Canvas) |
| 6 Mon 4/9 |
Curvilinear coordinates Definitions ds Line Elements Curvilinear Basis Vectors Vector differential dr in curvilinear Vector Line Integrals |
Boas 10.8, Griffiths 1.1.4, 1.4 RHB 10.9 RHB 10.10 Definition Activity Scalar Line Integrals Surface Elements Cylinders/Spheres Cylinders/Spheres Hint Scalar Surface Integrals Volume Integrals Basis Vectors More Basis Vectors Griffiths 1.4 Definition Polar Coords Cylindrical/Spherical Cylindrical/Spherical Hint Vector Line Integrals Boas 6.8 | |
| 7 Tue 4/10 |
Scalar Surface Integrals Volume Integrals Total Charge Line, surface, and volume integrals |
Surface Integrals Volume Integrals Boas 5.2, 5.3 & pp. 258-261, Griffiths 1.3.1 RHB 11 Total Charge Hint |
What questions do you have HW3 (Canvas) |
| 8 Wed 4/11 |
Electric Potential Due to a Charged Ring |
Griffiths 2.3.4 Ring More Ring Griffiths 2.3.4, MT 5.1-5.2 RHB 11.1, 11.5-11.6 |
HW3 Solutions |
| 9 Thu 4/12 |
Electric Potential Cont. Charged Ring Finite Charged Line Infinite Charged Line |
Limiting Cases Finite Line Infinite Line |
What questions do you have HW4 (Canvas) |
| 10 Fri 4/13 |
Electric Field Coulomb's Law Visualizing Electric Fields Due to a Charged Ring |
Griffiths 2.1, MT 5.4 |
HW4 Solutions The Ring - Potential Reflection (Canvas) |
| 11 Mon 4/16 |
Electric Field Finish Ring |
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| 12 Tue 4/17 |
Gradients Curvilinear coordinates Visualizing Gradient Electric Field from Electric Potential Electric Flux Definition Products of Vectors Cross Product Flux through a Cone Cross & Triple Products Vector Surface Elements Visualizing Flux Visualizing Flux |
Gradient Schey IV Directional Derivatives Curvilinear Coords Use What You Know TM 5.3 Electric Fields Griffiths 1.3.1, 2.2.1, RHB 11.5 Flux RHB 7.6 Griffiths 1.1.1-1.1.3 Cross Product Triple Product Surface Elements Cylinders/Spheres Cylinders/Spheres Hint Cube Cube Hint |
What questions do you have HW5 (Canvas) |
| 13 Wed 4/18 |
Derivatives of Fields Divergence Divergence & Curl Activity Visualizing Divergence Vector Fields Divergence Theorem The Divergence Theorem Differential Form of Gauss's Law Gauss's Law |
Griffiths 1.2.4 Griffiths 1.5 Divergence Curvilinear Coords Visualizing Divergence Visualize Hint Griffiths 1.3.4 Griffiths 2.2.2, Griffiths 5.3.2 Maxwell's Eqns Divergence of Point Charge |
HW5 Solutions |
| 14 Thu 4/19 |
Gauss's Law and Symmetry Introduction Applications |
Gauss's Law Griffiths 2.2.3 Gauss's Law Applications Gauss's Law Hint |
What questions do you have HW6 (Canvas) |
| 15 Fri 4/20 |
Conservative Fields |
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HW6 Solutions |
| 16 Mon 4/23 |
Work, Fields, and Potentials Changes in Electric Potential |
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| 17 Tue 4/24 |
The Laplacian Second Derivatives Conductors Introduction Conducting Cylinder Activity Solving Laplace's Equation Separation of Variables Boundary Value Problems Visualization of Solutions |
Griffiths 1.2.7 Boas 6.7 Griffiths 2.5 Griffiths 3.1 Boas 13.2 |
What questions do you have HW7 (Canvas) |
| 18 Wed 4/25 |
Cont. Laplace's Equation |
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HW7 Solutions |
| 19 Thu 4/26 |
Electric Energy (Discrete Charges) Derivatives of Fields Circulation Curl Visualizing Curl Total Current Current Density |
Griffiths 2.4 Curl Griffiths 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3, Schey p. 75-91 Griffiths 1.4, RHB 10.9 Griffiths 1.2.5, RHB 10.7.3, Schey p. 75-91 Griffiths 1.4, RHB 10.9 Griffiths 5.1.3, 5.2.1 Current |
Laplace's Equation Reflection (Canvas) What questions do you have HW8 (Canvas) |
| 20 Fri 4/27 |
Magnetic Vector Potential Infinite line |
Vector Potential Griffiths 5.4.1 |
HW8 Solutions Sol_Q3 |
| 21 Mon 4/30 |
Cont. Vector Potential Spinning Ring |
Spinning Ring | |
| 22 Tue 5/1 |
Cont. Vector Potential Magnetic Fields Biot-Savart Law |
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What questions do you have HW9 (Canvas) |
| 23 Wed 5/2 |
Stokes' Theorem B Fields From A |
Stokes' Thm. Griffiths 1.3.5 |
HW9 Solutions Sol_Q34 |
| 24 Thu 5/3 |
Biot-Savart Derivation B Fields Spinning Ring Ampère's Law Applications Ampère's Law Cont. Applications Differential Form of Ampere's Law Product Rules Integration by Parts |
Biot-Savart Law B from plane Ampere Symmetry Griffiths 5.3.3 Maxwell's Eqns. Griffiths 2.2.4, 5.3.1 Product Rules Griffiths 1.2.6 Integration by Parts |
What questions do you have HW10 (Canvas) |
| 25 Fri 5/4 |
Griffiths Triangle Griffiths Triangle Review |
Electrostatics Summary (Griffiths p. 87) Magnetostatics Summary (Griffiths 5.4.2) |
HW10 Solutions |
| 26 Mon 5/7 |
Final Exam 7-9 PM |
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Overall Reflection |
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