Physics 7311

Electromagnetic Theory I - Fall 2013

Course Information

• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
• Lecture meeting times and place: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm in room 26 Fondren Science Building
• Office hours: by appointment.
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <scalise@smu.edu>
• Text:
  • Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson (3rd edition)
• Lecture Notes
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 2
  • Lecture 3
  • Lecture 4, Green functions (1/2), Green functions (2/2)
  • Lecture 5
  • Lecture 6
  • Lecture 7, page 7-18
  • Lecture 8
  • Lecture 9
  • Lecture 10
  • Lecture 11
  • Lecture 12
  • Lecture 13
  • Lecture 14
  • Lecture 15
  • Conformal mapping, Notes from Peter Olver
  • Variational Techniques: Feynman Lectures 2-19, Jackson 1.12
  • Lecture 16
  • Lecture 17
  • Lecture 18
  • Lecture 19
  • Lecture 20
  • Lecture 21, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, by A. Einstein June 30, 1905
  • Lecture 22, Extra notes
  • Lecture 23
  • Lecture 24
  • Lecture 25
  • Lecture 26
  • Lecture 27, Hidden Momentum, Purported Relativity Paradox Resolved
  • Lecture 28
  • Superconductivity PDF, audio
    • Do uniformly accelerated charges radiate?
      • Rick Bradford
      • Kirk McDonald
  • Ponderomotive force and Wikipedia entry
• Grading:
  • Homework 60%
  • MidtermExam 20%
  • Final Exam 20%
• Syllabus
• Homework Assignments Due dates are strictly enforced. 50% if late; 0% once the solutions are posted.
  • Assignment #1: PDF due Wednesday 4 September 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #2: PDF due Wednesday 11 September 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #3: PDF due Wednesday 18 September 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #4: PDF due Wednesday 25 September 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #5: PDF due Wednesday 2 October 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • No homework due on Wednesday 9 October 2013 because of the midterm exam.
  • Bonus - 10 points on the midterm exam, due Wednesday 16 October 2013 at 5:00pm
    For the conformal map z=2/(2 Pi) (1 + f + e^f), use a computer plotting package to draw the lines representing equipotentials and electric fields, as on the last page of the notes. Mathematica notebook
  • No homework due on Wednesday 16 October 2013 because of Fall Break.
  • Assignment #6: PDF due Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #7: PDF due Wednesday 30 October 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #8: PDF due Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #9: PDF due Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Assignment #10: PDF due Wednesday 20 November 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • No homework due on Wednesday 27 November 2013 because of Thanksgiving.
  • Assignment #11: PDF due Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 5:00pm.
  • Magnetism study problems
  • Sample final exam
• Homework solutions
• Midterm Exam - Thursday 10 October 2013 in class (open book, open notes).
• Final Exam - Saturday 14 December 2013, 8:00-11:00am in room 26 Fondren Science (open book, open notes).
• Student learning outcome: Students will be able to apply their knowledge of electromagnetic theory in solving physics problems.
• Recommended Reading:
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
  • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena by Lorrain and Corson
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Energy by Herman A. Haus and James R. Melcher

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