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Week	Date	Lecture	Reading	Homework	Discussion	Exam
1	Monday 1/14/2019	Lecture 1 Review Maxwell's Equations from 212 pdf	Before class on Jan 14, review the basics of Vector Calculus. This is in Griffiths 4th ed. section 1.3. Griffiths § 1 (all), 2.1 - 2.3	Homework 1 Due 100% 1/22 5pm Due 90% 1/28 5pm Solution	Discussion 1 Solution discussion 1
	Wednesday 1/16/2019	Lecture 2 Electric Field and Coulomb's Law Gauss's Law in Symmetric Problems pdf
	Friday 1/18/2019	Lecture 3 Maxwell's Equations in Differential Form (Differential Equations) pdf
2	Monday 1/21/2019	No Lecture. No Discussion Sections Martin Luther King Day		Homework 2 Assigned 1/18, due 100% 1/29 5pm Due 90% 2/4 5 pm Solution
	Wednesday 1/23/2019	Lecture 4 Electric Potential, Poisson's Eqn., E=-gradV, Integral solution by superposition Griffiths § 2.4 pdf
	Friday 1/25/2019	Lecture 5 Electric Interaction Energy Electric Field Energy Griffiths § 2.4 pdf
3	Monday 1/28/2019	Lecture 6 Conductors and capacitance Grfiffiths § 2.5 pdf		Homework 3 Assigned 1/28 Due for 100% 2/5 5pm Due for 90% 2/11 5 pm Solution	Discussion 2 Solution discussion 2
	Wednesday 1/30/2019	No Class Griffiths § 3.1 pdf
	Friday 2/01/2019	Lecture 7 Method of Images Griffiths § 3.2 pdf
4	Monday 2/04/2019	Lecture 8 Method of Images with Spherical Conductors Separation of Variables pdf	Griffiths § 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.1 for sep of variables (Friday, 2nd half)	Homework 4 Due for 100% 2/12 5pm Due for 90% 2/18 5 pm Solution	Discussion 3 Solution discussion 3
	Wednesday 2/06/2019	Lecture 9 Separation of Variables Solutions pdf
	Friday 2/08/2019	Lecture 10 Fourier Solution Spectral Analysis real space vs k-space pdf
5	Monday 2/11/2019	Lecture 11 Separation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates Legendre Polynomials Griffiths 3.3.2 pdf	Griffiths § 3.3, 3.4	Homework 5 Due for 100% 2/19 5pm Due for 90% 2/25 5 pm Solution	Discussion 4 Solution discussion 4
	Wednesday 2/13/2019	Lecture 12 Separation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates Legendre Polynomials Examples pdf
	Friday 2/15/2019	Lecture 13 Multipole expansion Griffiths 3.4 pdf
6	Monday 2/18/2019	Lecture 14 Multipole Moments Quadruple Moment Tensor pdf	Griffiths Chapter 4	Homework 6 Solution	Discussion 5 Solution discussion 5
	Wednesday 2/20/2019	Lecture 15 Electric field of a dipole Energy of Multipole moments in an External E-field Energy of Dipole in an External Field pdf
	Friday 2/22/2019	Lecture 16 Electric field of a dipole Energy of Multipole moments in an External E-field pdf
7	Monday 2/25/2019	Lecture 17 Introduction to Dielectrics Polarization Density Bound Charge on Surfaces and in Bulk pdf	Griffiths § 4.1-3		Discussion 6 Solution Discussion 6
	Wednesday 2/27/2019	Lecture 18 Bound Charges Field from Polarized Object pdf
	Friday 3/01/2019	Lecture 19 Displacement Field pdf
8	Monday 3/04/2019	Lecture 20 Using Dielectric Boundary Conditions with the Potential Function pdf	Griffiths § 4.4	Homework-7 Solution	Discussion 7 Solution Discussion 7
	Wednesday 3/06/2019d	No Lecture . (Exam Tonight) Prof Eckstein's Office Hour is cancelled. pdf				Midterm 1 March 6, 2-19 7 - 830 pm MidtermOneSolution
	Friday 3/08/2019	Lecture 21 Energy in Dielectrics pdf
9	Monday 3/11/2019	Lecture 22 Method of Images with Dielectrics, Forces on Dielectrics pdf	Griffiths Chapter 5	Homework 8 Solution	Discussion 8 Solution Discussion 8
	Wednesday 3/13/2019	Lecture 23 Introduction to Magnetostatics pdf
	Friday 3/15/2019	Lecture 24 Magnetic Vector Potential Gauges Coulomb Gauge pdf
10	Monday 3/19/2019	Spring Break!
	Wednesday 3/21/2019	Spring Break!
	Friday 3/23/2019	Sping Break!
11	Monday 3/25/2019	Lecture 25 Continue discussing Vector Potential Magnetic Multipoles using Coulomb Gauge pdf	Griffiths Chapter 5	Homework 9 Solution	Discussion 9 Solution Discussion 9
	Wednesday 3/27/2019	Lecture 26 Magnetic Dipoles pdf
	Friday 3/29/2019	Lecture 27 Forces and Torques Acting on Magnetic Dipoles Potential Energy of a Dipole in an External Field pdf
12	Monday 4/01/2019	Lecture 28 Bulk Magnetization Vector Potential from a Ferromagnet Ferromagnets: Scalar Potential . A dangerous tool! pdf	Griffiths § 6.2, 6.3	Homework 10 Solution	Discussion 10 Solution Discussion 10
	Wednesday 4/03/2019	Lecture 29 Bound Currents, Auxiliary field H B = mu0(H+M) pdf
	Friday 4/05/2019	Lecture 30 Boundary Conditions, Demagnetizing Coefficients pdf
13	Monday 4/08/2019	Lecture 31 Faraday's Law pdf	Griffiths Chapter 7	Homework 11 Solution	Discussion 11 Solution Discussion 11
	Wednesday 4/10/2019	Lecture 32 AC circuit theory pdf
	Friday 4/12/2019	Lecture 33 Examples of AC circuits pdf
14	Monday 4/15/2019	Lecture 34 Fixing Ampere's Law - Displacement Current pdf	Griffiths § 7.3, 8.1 Poynting Vector	Homework 12 Solution		Midterm 2 Exam Loomis 151 MidtermTwoSolution
	Wednesday 4/17/2019	Lecture 35 Magnetic Field Energy and Poynting's Vector pdf
	Friday 4/19/2019	Lecture 36 Electromagnetic Waves pdf
15	Monday 4/22/2019	Lecture 37 Polarization of EM radiation pdf	Griffiths § 9.1, 9.2	Homework 13 Solution	Discussion 12 Solution Discussion 12
	Wednesday 4/24/2019	Lecture 38 EM waves in dielectrics, Polarization Current pdf
	Friday 4/26/2019	Lecture 39 Experiment: Measure Reflection and Refraction Brewster's Angle! pdf
16	Monday 4/29/2019	Lecture 40 Derive Reflection and Refraction Fresnel's Equations Brewster's Angle pdf	Griffiths § 9.3, 9.4		Discussion 13 Solution Discussion 13
	Wednesday 05/01/2019	Lecture 41 Finish Fresnel's Equations Review pdf
	Friday 5/03/2019	Final: 1:30 to 4:30 pm Loomis 151