PHYS 100C 2009
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Welcome to Physics 100C webpage.
PHYS 100C, Electromagnetism, Spring 2009, UC San Diego
Professor: Oleg Shpyrko
Office: Mayer Hall Addition (MHA) 3681, ext. 4-3066 (Where is it?)
Office Hours: To Be Announced
TA (Grader): To Be Determined
Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, by David J. Griffiths.
Lectures: Tue, Th 8:00am-9:20am (Early, I hate it too!), HSS 2154
Discussion Session: TBA
Homework: Assigned weekly, due Thursday, at the START of lecture. Will also be accepted at the following lecture, but with a 20% penalty.
Midterm: Date TBA. Open book exam. Bring your textbook only, and a bluebook.
Final: Open book exam. Bring your textbook only, and a bluebook.
Grading: Homework=20%, Midterm =30%, Final=50%.
| Week # | Topic (Chapter.Section) | Homework Assignment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wave Equations, Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum (9.1-9.2) File:Griffiths Vectors.pdf | TBA |
| 2 | Electromagnetic Waves in Matter, Reflection and Transmission. Adsorption and Dispersion (9.3-9.4) | TBA |
| 3 | Waveguides and Antenna (9.5) | TBA |
| 4 | Potential formulation of Maxwell's equations and retarded potentials (10.1-10.2) | TBA |
| 5 | Lienard-Wiechert potentials and fields of a moving point charge (10.3) | TBA |
| 6, 7 | Radiation (11) | TBA |
| 8,9 | The special theory of relativity (12.1-12.2) | TBA |
| 10 | Relativistic Electrodynamics (12.2-12.3) | TBA |
