Reading Assignments Phys3310 Sp08
(tentative, check frequently for changes!)

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WEEK
 Dates
 Topics Reading for the week.
1
 Jan 14-18

1. Intro
2. E field, curly R, and superposition. Intro to continuous charge. (rho, sigma, and lambda)
3. Examples with continuous charge, and intro to Gauss' law

Griffiths Ch 1.1-1.3 should be review, look it over!

Ch 2.1 - 2.2, read these thoroughly. (I think you'll find it is very readable, and well worth your time, even if in the past you've avoided reading your textbooks. Give Griffiths' a serious try!)
2
 Jan 21-25
(Mon=Holiday)

1. (Holiday)
2. More on Gauss' law and delta functions.
3. Gauss' law examples,

Ch. 1.5 (delta functions), 2.3
3
 Jan 28-Feb 1

1.More Gauss, Curl of E=0
2. Voltage
3. Calculating V, and connection to energy

Ch 2.3 and 2.4
4
 Feb 4-8

1. Energy and Work
2. Conductors
3. Conductors and Capacitors

 Ch 2.4, 2.5, 3.1?
5
 Feb 11-15

1. Laplace's Eqn
2. Method of images
3. Separation of Variables

3.1-3.2, 3.3
6
 Feb 18-22
(1st exam)
Separation of Variables - all week!

Exam topics Ch 1 and 2, and 3.1
(Lecture will continue on with 3.3 this week)

7
 Feb 25-29

Spherical Separation of Variables
Then, Dipoles and Multipoles

3.4, 4.1
8
 Mar 3-7
Finish multipoles, then Dielectrics 4.2, 4.3
9
 Mar 10-14 Finish Dielectrics, and linear dielectrics 4.3 and 4.4
4. Mar 17-21
(2nd exam) 		Magnetism and current

5.1
Exam will be cumulative, but with a clear focus on Ch 3 and start of 4 ( the parts of 4 that we have completed homeworks on, up through 4.4.1!)

11
 Mar 24-28 Spring break, yay! Enjoy
12
 Mar 31-Apr 4
Biot Savart
Ampere's Law

5.2-5.3
13
 Apr 7-Apr 11

Apply Ampere
Vector Potential

 5.4
14
 Apr 14-Apr 18
Magnetic multipoles, start Magnetic Fields in Matter 5.4.3, 6.1, 6.2
15
 Apr 21-Apr 25
H field: Linear materials and Ferromagnets 6.3, 6.4
16
 Apr 28-May 2 Faradays Law, Maxwell's Equations, wrapup... Bits and pieces of Ch. 7, we'll see. 7.2.1 and 2 seem most important to talk about, also 7.1.2

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