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Electromagnetism I (Fall 2023) 


General: (The webpage of the course is updated gradually)  - Last Update 5 January 2024

This is a B.Sc. course, which will be held in Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology.

Class Time:  Saturday and Monday   10:30 - 12:00

Place: Ibn Sina Building  Class No. 17

Office Hours:  Saturday 13:30 - 14:30, Monday 13:30 - 14:30, Tuesdays @ 11:00-12:00 or  by appointment - Email: baghram@sharif.edu  

Registered students: 60


About the Course:

This is an introductory course on  Electromagnetism one of the main courses of Physics department for B.Sc. students.

The main course book is:  Introduction to Electrodynamics Textbook by David J. Griffiths, Cambridge University Press; 4th edition (July 12, 2017)

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Teacher Assitants:

Arian Afshar                                            email address: arian.afr@yahoo.com

Alireza Talebi                                          email address: helli11327214tal@yahoo.com

Arsha Niksa                                            email address: arshaniksaa@gmail.com


Grading:

Mid-term 1: 4points YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE   

Monday 8 Aban 1402 / 30 October 2023 @ 10:30 -12:30

Mid-term 2:  5points  YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE

Monday 20 Azar 1402 / 11 December 2023 @ 10:30 -12:30

Assignments: 4+1points      See The TAs announcement  (YOU CAN HAVE 7 DAY DELAYS IN TOTAL)

Final Exam :  6  points    YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE 

Monday 25 Day 1402 / 15 Jan 2024 @ 9:00 - 12:00

Essay ( Lecture Note ): 1 point -  Due to Monday 9 Bahman 1402 / 29 Jan 2024 - 23:59

Class Activity: 1 point

Total grade: 20+2

 

Send your Notes, Essays to sh.baghram2@gmail.com     PLEASE NOTE 2 in gmail address

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FINAL GRADE: YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE


Suggested Reading:

1) Classical Electrodynamics by John David Jackson, Wiley; 3rd edition (August 14, 1998).

2) Classical Electrodynamics by Julian Schwinger, Lester L. Deraad Jr., Kimball A. Milton, Wu-yang Tsai, Joyce Norton, CRC Press (1998).

3) Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory  by John R. Reitz, Frederick J. Milford, Robert W. Christy Addison-Wesley; 4th edition (May 19, 2008).

4) Modern Electrodynamics by Andrew Zangwill (2012).

5) Electricity and Magnetism by Edward M. Purcell, David J. Morin, Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition (2013).

6) Electricity and Magnetism by Dr. Munir H. Nayfeh, Dr. Morton K. Brussel, Dover Publications; (March 18, 2015).

7) Introduction to Electromagnetism: From Coulomb to Maxwel by Martin J N Sibley, ‎ CRC Press; 2nd edition (March 23, 2021).

8) Advanced Classical Electromagnetism Book by Robert Wald, Princeton University Press (2022).


Lecture Notes and Presentations:

Note 1

Note 2

Note 3

Note 4

Note 14 Aban 1401

Note 16 Aban 1401

Note 7 Azar 1401

Note 26 Azar 1401

Note 10 Day 1401


Time Line of Lectures:

Lecture  1: ( Monday  - 3 Mehr 1402 -  25 Sep 2023 )

An introduction to the course and regulations.  In Vclass!

Lecture  2: ( Saturday   -  8 Mehr 1402 -  30 Sep 2023 )

Why Electromagnetism is a very important physical theory?

Lecture  3: (  Monday  - 10 Mehr 1402 -  2 Oct 2023)

Vector Analysis - concept of scalars, vectors and tensors.

Lecture  4: ( Saturday  - 15 Mehr 1402 -  7 Oct 2023 )

The idea of  gradiant, divergence and curl part I

Lecture  5: ( Monday  -  17 Mehr 1402 -  9 Oct 2023 )

The idea of  gradiant, divergence and curl part II

Lecture  6: ( Saturday  - 22 Mehr 1402 -   14 Oct  2023 )

Fundamental theory of integrals

Lecture  7: ( Monday  -  24 Mehr 1402 -  16 Oct 2023 )

Chapter 1: Dirac delta function

Lecture  8: ( Saturday  - 29 Mehr 1402 -  21 Oct 2023)

Chapter 2: The idea of electrostatics

Lecture  9:  ( Monday  - 1 Aban 1402 -  23 Oct 2023)

Chapter 2: The concept of Potential in electrostatics

Lecture  10:  ( Saturday  - 6 Aban 1402 -  28 Oct 2023 ) 

Work and Energy in electrostatics

Lecture  11:  ( Monday  - 8 Aban 1402 -  30 Oct 2023)

Midterm I

Lecture  12:  (  Saturday  - 13 Aban 1402 -  4 Nov 2023)

Chapter 2

Lecture  13:  ( Monday  - 15 Aban 1402 -  6 Nov 2023 )   

Chapter 3

Lecture  14:  ( Saturday  - 20 Aban 1402 -  11 Nov 2023)

Chapter 3

Lecture  15:   ( Monday  - 22 Aban 1402 -  13 Nov 2023)

Chapter 3

Lecture  16:   ( Saturday - 27 Aban 1402 -  18 Nov 2023)   

Chapter 3

Lecture  17:   ( Monday  - 29 Aban 1402 -  20 Nov 2023)

Chapter 3 and Chapter 4

Lecture  18:   ( Saturday  -  4 Azar  1402 -  25 Nov 2023)

Chapter 4

Lecture  19:   ( Monday  -  6 Azar  1402 -  27 Nov 2023 )

Chapter 4

Lecture  20:   ( Saturday  -  11 Azar 1402 -  2 Dec  2023 )

Chapter 4

Lecture  21:    ( Monday  -  13 Azar 1402 -  4 Dec  2023 ) 

Chapter 5: Magnetostatics

Lecture  22:    ( Saturday  - 18 Azar 1402 -  9 Dec  2023  ) 

Chapter 5: Biot -Savart law

Lecture  23:    (  Monday  - 20 Azar 1402 -  11 Dec  2023 )

MIDTERM II

Lecture  24:    ( Saturday  - 25 Azar 1402 -  16 Dec  2023  )

Chapter 5 - Vectorial potential

Lecture  25:    ( Monday  -  27 Azar 1402 -  18 Dec  2023 )

Chapter 5 - Multipole expansion of vectorial potential

Lecture  26:    ( Saturday  -  2 Day 1402 -  23 Dec 2023 )

Chapter 6 - I

Lecture  27:    ( Monday  -  4 Day 1402-  25 Dec 2023)

Chapter 6 - II

Lecture  28:    ( Saturday  - 9 Day 1402 -  30 Dec 2023)

Chapter 6 - III

Lecture  29:    ( Monday  -  11 Day 1402 -  1 Jan 2024)

Chapter 6 - IV

 

 


Assignments:

You have the opportunity to use 7 days in total to send homeworks after deadlines.

0) Problem Set 0  due to  Monday  1 Aban 1402 - 23 Oct 2023

1) Problem Set 1  due to  Monday   22 Aban 1402 - 13 Nov 2023

2) Problem Set 2  due to  Monday  29 Aban 1402 - 20 Nov 2023

3) Problem Set 3  due to  Monday   20 Azar 1402 - 11 Dec 2023

4) Problem Set 4  due to  Monday  11 Day 1402 - 1 Jan 2024

5) Problem Set 5  due to Monday  25 Day 1402  - 15 Jan 2024


Essays and Projects:


Useful Links and Further Reading:

1) Lecture notes on Vector calculus by Prof. David Tong.

2) Lectures notes on Electromagnetism  by Prof. David Tong.

3) Notes by Roger Briley

4) Notes by Piaras Kelly

5) INTRODUCTION TO VECTORS AND TENSORS - Ray M. Bowen,  and C.-C. Wang

6) Video forms part of a course on Electromagnetism by Prof Robert de Mello Koch held at AIMS South Africa in 2013.

7) Lectures on EMI - Fall 2021 Videos