Reading Assignments Phys3310 Spring 09
Tentative, check frequently for changes! - Last updated on 23 April 2009

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WEEK
 Dates
 Topics Reading for the week.
1
 January 12-16

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
 January 19-23
(Mon=Holiday)

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

Ch. 1.4, 1.3, 1.5 (delta functions), 2.3
3
 January 26-30

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

Ch 2.4 , 2.5
4
 February 2-6

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

 Ch 2.5, 3.1
5
 February 9-13

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

3.1-3.2, 3.3
6
 February 16-20
(1st exam)
Separation of Variables - all week!

3.3
7
 February 23-27

Spherical Separation of Variables
Then, Dipoles and Multipoles

3.4, 4.1
8
 March 2-6
 Finish multipoles, then Dielectrics 4.2, 4.3
9
 March 9-13 Finish Dielectrics, and linear dielectrics 4.3 and 4.4
10 March 16-20
(2nd exam)		 Magnetism and current

5.1
11 March 30 - April 3
Biot Savart
Ampere's Law		 5.2-5.3
12

April 6-10

Apply Ampere
Vector Potential

5.4
13
 April 13-17
Magnetic multipoles, start Magnetic Fields in Matter, Linear Materials 5.4.3, 6.1-6.3
14
 April 20-24

H field: Linear materials/Ferromagnets,
Electromotive Force

 6.3, 6.4
15
 April 27 - May 1 Review and looking forward 1-6, and browse through 7-12

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