PHYS 435 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Syllabus

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Week Date Activity
1
Monday
8/27/2018
Lecture 1
GL-1
Intro
Read Chapter 1
Tuesday
8/28/2018
 
Wednesday
8/29/2018
Lecture 2
GL-2
E-field
Read Chapter 2.1
Thursday
8/30/2018
Readings
Skim Chapter 1
2.2
Friday
8/31/2018
Lecture 3
GL-3
Gauss's Law
Saturday
9/1/2018
 
Sunday
9/2/2018
 
2
Monday
9/3/2018
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/4/2018
 
Wednesday
9/5/2018
Lecture 4
GL-4
Thursday
9/6/2018
Readings
2.2
OH
Friday
9/7/2018
Lecture 5
GL-5
HW 1 due GL-1
Saturday
9/8/2018
HW 1 Solution
Sunday
9/9/2018
 
3
Monday
9/10/2018
Lecture 6
Pot-1
Gradient
D1 G2.2b, 2.3
Tuesday
9/11/2018
 
Wednesday
9/12/2018
Lecture 7
Pot-2
Work & Energy
Thursday
9/13/2018
Readings
2.2.4
Friday
9/14/2018
Lecture 8
Pot-3
Stokes-1
HW 2 due GL-2
Saturday
9/15/2018
HW 2 Solution
Sunday
9/16/2018
 
4
Monday
9/17/2018

Lecture 9
Pot-4
Stokes-2
D2 G2.15, 2.17

D2 Solutions

Tuesday
9/18/2018
 
Wednesday
9/19/2018
Lecture 10
Pot-5
E-field Energy
Thursday
9/20/2018
Readings
2.3
OH
Friday
9/21/2018
Lecture 11
Pot-6
E-field Energy
HW 3 due Pot-1
Saturday
9/22/2018
HW 3 Solution
Sunday
9/23/2018
 
5
Monday
9/24/2018

Lecture 12
Lap-1
Conductors
D3 

D3 Solutions

Tuesday
9/25/2018
 
Wednesday
9/26/2018
Lecture 13
Lap-2
Pressure
Thursday
9/27/2018
Readings
2.5, 3.1
OH
Friday
9/28/2018
Lecture 14
Lap-3
Uniqueness Thm
HW 4 due Pot-2
Saturday
9/29/2018
HW 4 Solution
Sunday
9/30/2018
 
6
Monday
10/1/2018
Lecture 15
Lap-4
Method of Images
D4 Solutions
Tuesday
10/2/2018
 
Wednesday
10/3/2018
Lecture 16
Lap-5
Sep Var 1
Thursday
10/4/2018
Readings
3.2, 3.3
Exam OH
Friday
10/5/2018
Lecture 17
Exam 1 GL, Pot
Saturday
10/6/2018
 
Sunday
10/7/2018
 
7
Monday
10/8/2018

Lecture 18
Lap-6
Sep Var 2
D5 G3.18

D5 Solutions

Tuesday
10/9/2018
 
Wednesday
10/10/2018
Lecture 19
Lap-7
Multipoles
Thursday
10/11/2018
Readings
3.4, 4.1
Friday
10/12/2018
Lecture 20
Pol-1
Bound change
HW 5 due Lap-1
Saturday
10/13/2018
HW 5 Solution
Sunday
10/14/2018
 
8
Monday
10/15/2018

Lecture 21
Pol-2
D-field
D6 G3.28, G3.30

D6 Solutions

Tuesday
10/16/2018
 
Wednesday
10/17/2018
Lecture 22
Pol-3
Dielectric force
Thursday
10/18/2018
Readings
3.4, 4.1
OH
Friday
10/19/2018
Lecture 23
Pol-4
Dielectric BC
HW 6 due Lap-2
Saturday
10/20/2018
HW 6 Solution
Sunday
10/21/2018
 
9
Monday
10/22/2018

Lecture 24
Pol-5
Dielectric images
D7 Exam Quest

D7 Solutions

Tuesday
10/23/2018
 
Wednesday
10/24/2018
Lecture 25
Pol-6
Stored energy
Thursday
10/25/2018
Readings
4.4
Exam OH
Friday
10/26/2018
Lecture 26
Exam 2 Lap
Saturday
10/27/2018
 
Sunday
10/28/2018
 
10
Monday
10/29/2018

Lecture 27
MagS-1
Magnetic forces
D8 G4.15, G4.21

D8 Solutions

Tuesday
10/30/2018
 
Wednesday
10/31/2018
Lecture 28
MagS-2
Currents
Thursday
11/1/2018
Readings
5.1, 5.2
OH
Friday
11/2/2018
Lecture 29
MagS-3
Biot-Savart
HW 7 due Pol
Saturday
11/3/2018
HW 7 Solution
Sunday
11/4/2018
 
11
Monday
11/5/2018

Lecture 30
MagS-4
Ampere's Law
D9 G5.9 G5.10

D9 Solutions

Tuesday
11/6/2018
 
Wednesday
11/7/2018
Lecture 31
MagS-5
Magnetic moment
Thursday
11/8/2018
Readings
5.3, 5.4
OH
Friday
11/9/2018
Lecture 32
MagS-6
Vector Potential
HW 8 due MagS-1
Saturday
11/10/2018
HW 8 Solution
Sunday
11/11/2018
 
12
Monday
11/12/2018

Lecture 33
MagT-1
Bound currents
D10 G5.14, G5.16

D10 Solutions

Tuesday
11/13/2018
 
Wednesday
11/14/2018
Lecture 34
MagT-2
H-fields
Thursday
11/15/2018
Readings
6.1, 6.2
OH
Friday
11/16/2018
Lecture 35
MagT-3
Boundary conditions
HW 9 due MagS-2
Saturday
11/17/2018
HW 9 Solution
Sunday
11/18/2018
 
13
Monday
11/19/2018
Fall break
14
Monday
11/26/2018

Lecture 36
MagT-4
D11 G6.8

D11 Solutions

Tuesday
11/27/2018
 
Wednesday
11/28/2018
Lecture 37
ED-1
Conductivity
Thursday
11/29/2018
Readings
6.3, 6.4, 7.1.1
OH
Friday
11/30/2018
Lecture 38
ED-2
EMF
HW 10 due MagT
Saturday
12/1/2018
HW 10 Solution
Sunday
12/2/2018
 
15
Monday
12/3/2018
Lecture 39
ED-3
Faraday's Law
D12 Solutions
Tuesday
12/4/2018
 
Wednesday
12/5/2018
Lecture 40
ED-4
Inductance
Thursday
12/6/2018
Readings
7.1, 7.2
Exam OH
Friday
12/7/2018
Lecture 41
Exam 3 Pol, MagS, MagT
Saturday
12/8/2018
 
Sunday
12/9/2018
 
16
Monday
12/10/2018
Lecture 42
ED-5
D13 Solutions
Tuesday
12/11/2018
 
Wednesday
12/12/2018
Lecture 43
HW 11 due ED
Thursday
12/13/2018
Reading Day 
Friday
12/14/2018
HW 11 Solution