PHY294H - Electricity and magnetism (Honors)

www.pa.msu.edu/people/duxbury/courses/phy294H/phy294H.html

Time and Place: Rm 1420 BPS, MTWTh 9:10-10:00am.

Lecturer: P.M. Duxbury. Office: BPS 4260, Email: duxbury@pa.msu.edu
TA : Paul Kondak

Office hours: Thursday 6-7pm (BPS4270); Friday 9-10am (BPS 4270), Friday 4-6pm (BPS 4260) or by appointment

Text book (required): Electricity, magnetism and light, Wayne Saslow, Academic Press (2002).
This is a new textbook and still has some typos. Known typos and updates are given in the .pdf files below
More complete and corrected answers to odd problems
Text typos
Figure typos
Last year's textbook (recommended): Physics for scientists and engineers, volume II (second edition). Fishbane, Gasiorowicz and Thornton.

Course schedule:

  • 8/30 - 9/3: Chapters R,1,2
  • 9/7 - 9/9 : Chapters 2,3
  • 9/13 - 9/16 : Chapters 4,5
  • 9/20 - 9/23: Chapters 5,6
  • 9/27 - 9/30: Chapters 6,7
  • 10/4 - 10/7: Chapter 8
  • 10/11 - 10/14: Review - Midterm I. 10/12(tentative)
  • 10/20 -10/23: Chapters 9,10
  • 10/27 -10/30: Chapters 11,12
  • 11/1 - 11/4: Chapter 12,13
  • 11/8 - 11/11: Chapter 14
  • 11/15 - 11/18: Chapter Review - Midterm II 11/16 (tentative)
  • 11/22 - 11/24: Chapter 15
  • 11/29 - 12/2: Chapter 15,16
  • 12/6 - Tutorial, 12/7 No Lecture, 12/8 Review of Part III, 12/9 Solutions to Assignment 12
  • Final Exam III1, 5:30-7:30pm Friday 12/10 BPS 1400; Final Exam III2, 7:45-9:45am Friday 12/17 BPS 1400

    Grading: Homework 30%, 2 Midterm exams 20% each, Final 30%
    The grades will not be curved and will be assigned according to:
    4.0(90-100), 3.5(80-89), 3.0(70-79), 2.5(60-69), 2.0(50-59), 1.5(40-49), 1.0(30-39), 0.0(0-29).

    Exams

  • Midterm exam I1, Tuesday 10/12: Covers Chapters 1-8 inclusive.
  • Midterm exam I2, Monday 10/18: Covers Chapters 1-8 inclusive.
  • Midterm exam II1, Tuesday 11/16: Covers Chapters 9-14 inclusive.
  • Midterm exam II2, Monday 11/22: Covers Chapters 9-14 inclusive.
  • Final Exam III1 Friday 12/10 5:30pm-7:30pm BPS 1400 : Cumulative but emphasizes Chapters 15,16.
  • Final Exam III2 Friday 12/17 7:45am-9:45am BPS 1400 : Cumulative but emphasizes Chapters 15,16.
    Content of final exam: 6 problems from Part III, 3 problems from Part II, 3 Problems from Part I.

    Homework: Weekly assignments - Hand in rm 1420.

  • Assignment 1 - Due Tuesday Sept. 7 - 9:10am: Saslow R10.14, 2-4.3, 2-5.4, 2-7.1, 2-7.7
  • Assignment 2 - Due Monday Sept. 13 - 9:10am: Saslow 2-7.5,2-G.5,3-5.3,3-6.4,3-6.9,3-10.5,3-10.7
  • Assignment 3 - Due Monday Sept. 20 - 9:10am: Saslow 3-6.14,3-G.7,3-8.1,4-4.3,4-5.4,4-5.5,4-5.6,4-5.8,4-G.10
  • Assignment 4 - Due Monday Sept. 27 - 9:10am: Saslow 5-4.1,5-4.4,5-4.7,5-6.5,5-6.6,5-9.1,5-9.6,5-10.6,5-G.7
  • Assignment 5 - Due Monday Oct. 4 - 9:10am: Saslow 6-5.15,6-6.6,6-6.9,6-7.2,6-7.4,7-3.5,7-3.6,7-3.21,7-12.6
  • Assignment 6 - Due Monday Oct. 11 - 9:10am: Saslow 8-3.2,8-5.5,8-6.3,8-7.3,8-7.8,8-8.2,8-9.4,8-G.9
  • Assignment 7 - Due Monday Oct. 25 - 9:10am: Saslow 9-3.1,9-3.3,9-7.2,9-G.9,9-G.10,10-1.2,10-2.9,10-3.1,10-4.1,10-4.6
  • Assignment 8 - Due Monday Nov. 1 - 9:10am: Saslow 10-4.13,10-5.5,10-6.12,10-7.3,10-G.10,11-4.5,11-5.2,11-5.5,11-6.4
  • Assignment 9 - Due Monday Nov. 8 - 9:10am: Saslow 12-4.1, 12-4.8,12-5.2,12-5.5,12-5.7,12-6.3,12-6.5,12-7.8,12-11.5,12-12.3,12-G.2
  • Assignment 10 - Due Monday Nov. 15 - 9:10am Saslow 14-1.1,14-2.3,14-3.5,14-5.5,14-7.4,14-8.1,14-8.5,14-10.5,14-11.6
  • Assignment 11 - Due TUESDAY Nov. 30 - 9:10am Saslow 15-6.5,15-8.2,15-9.1,15-10.3,15-10.5,15-10.6,15-11.3,15-11.5,15-11.7
  • Assignment 12 - Due WEDNESDAY Dec. 8th - 9:10am Saslow 16-2.5,16-6.6,16-6.16,16-6.19,16-6.21,16-7.7,16-7.15,16-7.21,16-9.1,16-10.6

    Worked problems - From PHY294H Fall 2002

    Worked problems - From PHY294H Fall 2003

    Lecture notes From 2003- if needed these will be updated as we go through the new book

    Part I - Lectures covering electrostatics and DC circuits
    This material will be tested in Midterm I

  • Lecture 1
  • More on Lecture 1
  • Lecture 2
  • Lecture 3
  • Lecture 4
  • Lecture 5
  • Lecture 6
  • Lecture 7
  • Lecture 8
  • Lecture 8 mathematica file
  • Lecture 9
  • Lecture 10
  • Lecture 11
  • Lecture 12
  • Lecture 13
  • Lecture 14
  • Lecture 15
  • Lecture 16
  • Lecture 17

    Part II - Lectures covering magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction and AC circuits
    This material will be tested in Midterm II

  • Lecture 18
  • Lecture 19
  • Lecture 20
  • Lecture 21
  • Lecture 22
  • Lecture 23
  • Lecture 24
  • Lecture 25
  • Lecture 26
  • Lecture 27
  • Lecture 28
  • Lecture 29
  • Lecture 30
  • Lecture 31
  • Lecture 32
  • Lecture 33
  • Lecture 34

    Part III - Lectures covering electromagnetic waves and optics
    The FINAL EXAM will emphasize this material but will also test the first two parts of the course.

  • Lecture 35
  • Lecture 36
  • Lecture 37
  • Lecture 38
  • Lecture 39
  • Lecture 40
  • Lecture 41
  • Lecture 42
  • Lecture 43
  • Lecture 44
  • Lecture 45

    Some nice URL's

    At the end of this course you will be able to do most of the EM problems on the Advanced Physics GRE test. To try your luck at these problems go to the GRE www site where you can download a complete GRE test along with test information. This is free of charge.

  • Hyperphysics from Georgia state
  • MIT course in EM
  • Eric Weisstein's world of physics-an encyclopedia of physics
  • History of physics from the aps
  • Electrostatics in the body
  • How to build a Van de Graff generator
  • Ways to make capacitors
  • The best nano-engineer
  • APS selections of best www sites
  • History of optics
  • Communications frequencies, commercial and HAM and lots of information on how to pick up distant radio transmissions.
  • Optical fiber communications