Reading Assignments Phys3310 Fall 08
Tentative, check frequently for changes! - Last updated on 3 September 2008

For all the detailed lecture notes on these chapters, see our online notes page.
For many of the Concept Tests from lectures (and a few extras) see our concept tests page.

WEEK
 Dates
 Topics Reading for the week.
1
 August 25-29

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

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
 September 1-5
(Mon=Holiday)

1. (Holiday)
2. Gauss's Law
3. Gauss, Delta functions

Ch. 1.4, 1.3, 1.5 (delta functions), 2.3
3
 September 8-12

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

Ch 2.4 , 2.5
4
 September 15-19

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

 Ch 2.5, 3.1
5
 September 22-26

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

3.1-3.2, 3.3
6
 September 29-October 3
(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
 October 6-10

Spherical Separation of Variables
Then, Dipoles and Multipoles

3.4, 4.1
8
 October 13-17
 Finish multipoles, then Dielectrics 4.2, 4.3
9
 October 20-24 Finish Dielectrics, and linear dielectrics 4.3 and 4.4
10 October 27-31 Magnetism and current

5.1
11
 November 3-7
Biot Savart
Ampere's Law

5.2-5.3
12

November 10-14 (2nd exam)

Apply Ampere
Vector Potential

5.4, Exam topics TBD

13
 November 17-21
Magnetic multipoles, start Magnetic Fields in Matter 5.4.3, 6.1, 6.2
14 November 24-28 Fall Break and Thanksgiving!  
15
 December 1-5
 H field: Linear materials and Ferromagnets 6.3, 6.4
16
 December 8-12 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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