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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 - 23:59Class 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:
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.
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Lectures on EMI - Fall 2021 Videos