Nov 29 : Final exam, Monday Dec. 7, Peterson Hall, Room 110
Nov 29 : Homework 9 posted, due Friday Dec. 4.
Nov 23 : Homework 8 posted, due Monday Nov. 30.
Nov 18 : Homework 7 posted, due Monday Nov. 23.
Nov 16 : Midterm today! Best wishes!
Nov 8 : Homework 6 posted, due Friday Nov. 13.
Nov 2 : Homework 5 posted, due Friday Nov. 6.
Oct 23: Today's Julio's office hour moved to Monday Oct. 26, 9-10 am
Oct 22: Homework 4 posted, due Friday Oct. 30.
Oct 12: Discussion session postponed.
Oct 12: Homework 3 posted, due Oct. 12.
Oct 5: Homework 2 posted, due Oct 5.
Oct 2: Julio's office hour set to F 9-10 am @ MHA 4531.
Sep 28: Homework 1 posted, due Oct 2.
Sep 25, 2015: Welcome to 100A, Electromagnetism!
PHYSICS 100A FALL 2015 IN-PROGRESS COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week # | Lecture: Day | Chapter topic |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Lecture 1: Sept. 25 | 1 Vector algebra |
| 1 | Lecture 2: Sept. 28 | Differential calculus |
| Lecture 3: Sept. 30 | Integral calculus | |
| Lecture 4: Oct. 2 | Curvilinear coordinates, delta function, theory of vector fields | |
| 2 | Lecture 5: Oct. 5 | 2 Coulomb's Law |
| Lecture 6: Oct. 7 | Gauss' law, divergence and curl of E | |
| Lecture 7: Oct. 9 | Electric potential | |
| 3 | Lecture 8: Oct. 12 | Work and energy |
| Lecture 9: Oct. 14 | Quiz, work and energy | |
| Lecture 10: Oct. 16 | Conductors | |
| 4 | Lecture 11:Oct. 19 | Review for midterm |
| Midterm #1 Wed. Oct. 21 | Chapter 1, Chapter 2 up to Work and energy, inclusive | |
| Lecture 12: Oct. 23 | Force on a conductor, capacitors | |
| 5 | Lecture 13: Oct. 26 | 3 Laplace's equation |
| Lecture 14: Oct. 28 | Boundary conditions and uniqueness thms | |
| Lecture 15: Oct. 30 | Uniquenes theorems cont'ed | |
| 6 | Lecture 16: Nov. 2 | The method of images |
| Lecture 17: Nov. 4 | Separation of variables, Cartesian coordinates | |
| Lecture 18: Nov. 6 | Spherical coordinates | |
| 7 | Lecture 19: Nov. 9 | Multipole expansion |
| Holiday: Nov. 11 | ||
| Lecture 20: Nov. 13 | Multipole expansion, cont'ed, midterm review | |
| 8 | Midterm #2 Mon. Nov. 16 | Chapters 1, 2, and 3 up to separation of variables, inclusive |
| Lecture 21: Nov. 18 | 4 Electric fields in matter, Polarization | |
| Lecture 22: Nov. 20 | The field of polarized objects | |
| 9 | Lecture 23: Nov. 23 | cont'ed, electric displacement |
| Lecture 24: Nov. 25 | Electric displacement | |
| Holiday: Nov. 27 | ||
| 10 | Lecture 25: Nov. 30 | Linear dielectrics |
| Lecture 26: Dec. 2 | review 1 for final | |
| Lecture 27: Dec. 4 | review 2 for final | |
| 11 | Final Mon. Dec. 7 |