ELECTROMAGNEISTM (II)
Physics
386 SPRING 2008
Course Information
Updated 21-Jan-08
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Lectures: W: 12:00PM –
1:20PM; F: 1:40PM - 3:00PM; ARC 107
On-time attendance at all classes is expected and
considered
when grading. If arriving to class on time poses a problem for you,
please
see me right away.
Lecturer:
Prof. R.A. Bartynski
bart@physics.rutgers.edu
Office: NPL 203; 732-445-4839
Lab: NPL 115; 732-445-3943
Office Hours: Official Hours: Thursday 3PM [for the moment]
In addition, you are welcome most any time you find me in my office
or my lab.
(Please
avoid the hour before class, if possible.)
If you wish, you may schedule a visit by e-mail or in conversation
after
class.
Grader:
Mr. Yi Zhang sczy@physics.rutgers.edu,
Office: ARC 291, Phone: 732-445-6888
Mailbox: Across hall from
Chairman's office in Serin Physics Lab (second floor).
Text: Introduction to
Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition by David J. Griffiths (Prentice
Hall,
1999) ISBN 0-13-805326-X
Exams: We will have two in-class exams and a
Final Exam.
Please see syllabus for exam dates.
Homework:
Count on a
problem set typically assigned on Friday of each week and due
Friday of the
following week.
Late homework will be accepted in the grader's mailbox until Noon of
the
Monday after the due date, at a penalty of 20%. (One late HW
will be forgiven without penalty.) Later homework will not be accepted
unless you are sick or have a compelling excuse and make arrangements
in
advance. Collaboration with your peers on the homework is encouraged. I
suggest you try all the problems yourself on the weekend. Then you
should
have a regular meeting with a small group where you can work together
on
the hard parts. The night before is too late for this meeting--that's
when
you should be writing up your solutions in a way that the grader easily
can follow your reasoning.
Grading:
In-class exams: 20% each ; Final Exam: 30% ; Problem
sets/Classwork: 30%
The classwork grade will be based on on-time
attendance,
homework, and contribution to the classroom discussion.
General Information
The course will follow Griffiths rather closely.
We will cover chapters 7 through 12 during the Spring semester. The material
is generally referred to as electrodynamics (i.e., the time dependent part of
electromagnetism). The course will be an
expansion of what was covered in 385 (i.e.,electro- and
magnetostatics) and at a similar mathematical level,
enabling application of the theory to a considerably wider array of
situations. We will
also expand the discussion of some important results that
deserve closer attention, and I may add material from other
texts.
This text is really quite
excellent. It contains a good concise discussion of essential
introductory concepts, and gives very lucid descriptions of several
important subtleties. Neverthelss, you may find it useful to consult
other texts for additional descriptions from a different
perspective. I plan to put several books on reserve in the
library, including the classic text by Lorraine and Corson.
You should read as much of Chapter 7
of Griffiths as you can right
away. As I did in 385, I plan to review the
essential mathematical concepts and results as we encounter them.
However, Chapter 1 is a very good and concise summary. In
addition, I have designated the book Div,
Grad, Curl and All That by Schey, a very nice primer on vector
calculus, as a supplementary text.
This should be an interesting and
lively course. My goal
is to help you master this material. I hope you will learn a lot and
enjoy
it. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please meet me
after
class or drop by my office.
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Disabilities
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