| 1 | Introduction
Coulomb's Law, Superposition
Energy of Charge Distributions | Handout (PDF) (Courtesy of P. Sphicas, P. Fisher, H. Gao, and E. Katsavounidis. Used with permission.)
Purcell, Chapter 1 | | 2 | Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law | Purcell, Chapter 1 | | 3 | Energy Density of the Field
Electric Potential
Gradient
Gauss's Law Revisited
Divergence | Purcell, Chapter 2 | | 4 | Poisson and Laplace Equations
Curl
Uniqueness Theorem
Introduction to Conductors | Purcell, Chapter 2 and 3 | | 6 | Fields and Potentials around Conductors
Capacitance | Purcell, Chapter 3 | | 7 | More on Capacitance | Purcell, Chapter 3 | | 8 | Current, Continuity Equation
Resistance, Ohm's Law | Purcell, Chapter 4 | | 9 | Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3 | | | 10 | EMF, Circuits
Kirchhoff's Rules | Purcell, Chapter 4 | | 11 | Variable Currents, RC Circuits
Thévenin Equivalence | Purcell, Chapter 4 | | 12 | Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field
Ampere's Law | Purcell, Chapter 6 | | 13 | Special Relativity I: Spacetime | Purcell Appendix A
Handouts
Part 1 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.)
Part 2 (PDF) (Courtesy of Peter Fisher. Used with permission.) | | 14 | Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields
Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields | Purcell, Chapter 5
| | 15 | Ampere's Law Revisited
Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law | Purcell, Chapter 6
| | 16 | Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law | Purcell, Chapter 7
| | 17 | Mutual and Self Inductance
Magnetic Field Energy | Purcell, Chapter 7
| | 18 | RL Circuits
Undriven RLC Circuits
Phasor Representation | Purcell, Chapter 7
| | 19 | Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7 | | | 20 | Make-up Exam | | | 21 | Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance
Power and Energy | Purcell, Chapter 8 | | 23 | AC Circuits (conclusion)
Filters
Quality Factor and Resonance | Purcell, Chapter 9 | | 24 | Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations | Purcell, Chapter 9 | | 25 | Wave Equation
Electromagnetic Radiation | Purcell, Chapter 9
Purcell Appendix B | | 26 | Radiation (cont.)
Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation | Purcell, Chapter 9 | | 28 | Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials
Transmission Lines | Purcell, Chapter 11
| | 29 | Final Exam | |
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