Electromagnetic Theory

R = Reading Assignments. Read all Ri and L01 - L15 for the 1st exam.
LECTURE SUMMARY
R1 Advanced vector calculus | Applications of vector calculus
R2 More about capacitance
R3 Electrostatic forces on conductors
R4 Boundary conditions for the potential
R5 Legendre functions and their orthogonality Careful derivation of bound and surface charge densities | Microscopic nature of E within a dielectric
R6 Separation of variables in rectangular coordinates
L01 Advanced calculus | Divergence theorem | Stokes' theorem
L02 Coulomb's law | System of point charges | Continuous charge distributions
L03 Electric field, E | E due to various charge distributions | Calculation of E due to simple geometries
L04 Gauss' law | Derivation of the law | Maxwell's equations | Applications of Gauss' law | Calculation of the divergence of E
L05 Electrostatic potential | Calculation of the potential due to various simple geometries
L06 Conductors in E fields | Induction | Systems of conductors
L07 Capacitance | Calculation of capacitance for various systems
L08 Energy of the E field | Energy of systems of conductors
L09 Multipole expansion of the potential | Legendre polynomials and their application to the theory of potential
L10 Expansion of the potential | Monopole and dipole | Dipole moment
L11 The quadrupole term | The general expansion of the potential
L12 E field due to the dipole | Quadrupole field
L13 Energy of a charge distribution in an external E field | Energy of a dipole | Energy of a quadrupole |
L14 Calculation of the potential for various geometries | Electric quadrupole | Electric octopole
L15 Divergence and curl of E and their applications for the derivations of boundary conditions at a transition layer | Change of E perpendicular | Continuity of E parallel
L16 Dielectrics and their polarization | Calculation of bound and surface charge densities
L17 E within a dielectric | E due to uniformly charged dielectric sphere | Parallel plate capacitor filled with a dielectric
L18 Forces inside a capacitor [constant V and Q] | Applications
L19 D field | Divergence of the D field | Boundary conditions | Uniformly polarized sphere
L20 Classification of dielectrics | Properties of LIH dielectrics | Point charges in infinite dielectrics
L21 Energy density interns of the D and E fields | Spherical capacitors | Forces on dielectrics inside capacitors
L22 Method of images | Point charges and grounded and ungrounded infinite conductors
L23 Images for grounded and ungrounded spherical conductors | Point charges and their images for dielectrics | Images of point charges kept inside conducting shells having finite thickness
L23 Separation of variables in spherical coordinates | Grounded conductor in uniform electric field
L24 Dielectric in uniform electric field
L25 Dielectric sphere in dielectric liquid | Various applications
L26 Dielectric in dielectric liquid | Its dipole moment | Its surface charge density
L27 Potential (interior and exterior) of a charged shell | With variable charge density
L28 Various applications of the method of separation of variables