Lecture Notes


Electrostatics

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Electric Charge
Electric Force
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Electric Field
Electric Dipole
Continous Charge Distributions
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Electric Flux and Gauss' Law
Field of a Charged Conductor
E-Fields of Continous Charge Distributions
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Electric Potential Energy
Electrostatic Potential
Equipotential Surface and Relation Between V and E
Potential of Point Charges
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Capacitors:Parallel and Series
Energy Stored in Capacitors
Dielectrics
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Current and Circuits

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Electric Current
Resistances
Power Dissipation in a Simple Circuit
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Batteries
Kirchhoff's Rules
Resistors in Series and in Parallel
Charging and Discharging a Capacitor
Lecture Notes 4, Page 1Lecture Notes 4Lecture Notes 4

Magnetism and Induction

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Magnetic Field
Trajectory of Charges in Constant B-fields
Hall Effect
Force on a Current
Torque on a Current Carrying Coil
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Magnetic Field Due to a Current
Force Between Two Wires
Magnetic Field of a Solenoid and Toroid
Ampere's Law
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Induction
Inductance and Selfinductance
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Magnetic Materials
Ampere-Maxwell's Law and Displacement Current
Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields
Maxwell's Equation
LC Oscillator
Lecture Notes 6, Page 1Lecture Notes 6 Lecture Notes 6

AC Circuits

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RLC Oscillator
R,L, or C in an AC Circuit
RLC Circuits
Transformers
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Electromagnetic Waves

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Definition of EM-Waves
Polarization
Reflection and Refraction
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Geometric Optics

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Mirrors
Lenses
Mirrors and Single Lenses
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Wave Optics

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Wavefronts and Refraction
Coherent Light and Interference
Double-Slit Interference
Thin-Film Interference
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Single Slit Diffraction
Diffraction by a Double Slit
Diffraction Grating
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