PHYSICS 841 : CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS I

Instructor: Scott Pratt
prattsc@msu.edu
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, #208
(517) 908-7460
Lecture:
Mon./Wed./Fri. 1:50-2:40 PM
#1300 BPS
Office Hours:
Wed./Fri. 2:45-3:45 PM #2044 NSCL

Scott's Photo
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No class Jan. 9th due to travel.
TEXT BOOK:
Classical Theory of Fields, 4th Edition, L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, ISBN-13: 978-0750627689
Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, John David Jackson, ISBN-13:  978-0471309321
LECTURE NOTES:
Posted lecture notes are not meant to be a replacement for textbook.
Beware!!! These are living documents and will change without notice.
GRADING WEIGHTS:
Homework (due nearly every Friday at the beginning of class): 15%
Numerous (nearly every day HW is due) quizzes: 50%
Final Exam (subject exam): 35%
CALENDAR
Quizzes will be held nearly every Monday
The final/subject exam will be 3 hours, Wednesday May 3rd 12:45-3:45 PM, BPS 1400.
The last ~2 weeks of lecture will be devoted to preparing for the subject exam.
HOMEWORK
WILL change as semester progresses -- so be careful about working ahead.
Set 1, due Mon. Jan. 23
    Lecture Notes, Chapter 1, no.s 1-6
    SOLUTIONS
Set 2, due Mon. Jan. 30
    Lecture Notes, Chapter 2, no.s 1-5
    SOLUTIONS
Set 3, due Mon. Feb. 6
    Lecture Notes, Chapter 3, no.s 1-5
    SOLUTIONS
Set 4, due Mon. Feb. 20
    Lecture Notes, Chapter 4, no.s 1-3,5-10
    SOLUTIONS
Set 5, due Mon. Feb. 27
    Lecture Notes, Chapter 5, no.s 1-5
    SOLUTIONS
Set 6, due Wed. Mar. 15, Chapter 6, no.s 1-4
    SOLUTIONS
Set 7, due Wed. Mar. 29, Chapter 7, no.s 1-8
    SOLUTIONS
Set 8, due Wed. April 5, Chapter 8, no.s 1-6
    SOLUTIONS
Set 9, due Mon. Apr. 17, Chapter 8, no.s 7-8, Chapter 9, no.s 1-2
    SOLUTIONS
 
Homework Grader: John Bower, Office Hrs: by appointment
QUIZZES
 Quiz #1, Jan 23 (Solutions)
Quiz #2, Jan 30 (Solutions)
Quiz #3, Feb. 6 (Solutions)
Quiz #4, Feb. 20 (Solutions)
Quiz #5, Feb. 27 (Solutions)
Quiz #6, Mar. 15 (Solutions)
Quiz #7, Mar. 24 (Solutions)
Quiz #8, Mar. 29 (Solutions)
Quiz #9, Apr. 5 (Solutions)
Quiz #10, Apr. 14 (Solutions)
Quiz #11, Apr. 21 (Solutions) (Subject exam review)
Quiz #12, Apr. 28 (Solutions) (Subject exam review)
Quiz #13, May 2 (Solutions) (Subject exam review)
PROJECTS
Lightning Rod (Plotting Script)
SUBJECT EXAMS
Subject Exam, May 2017 (Solutions)
FORMULA SHEET FOR SUBJECT EXAM
Click here for exams from previous instructors
STUDENT COMPOSED QUESTIONS (beware: some are screwy)
Students
 Date
 Chapter(from lecture notes)
 Problem
Solution
Ash/Zhang
 4/17
 1
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Budner/Yelle
 4/17
 1
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Buxo-Vazquez/Yandow
 4/17
 2
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Chen/Witalka
 4/19
 2
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Chuna/Tsang
 4/19
 3
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Cooling/Surbrook
 4/19
 3
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Dong/Shin
 4/24
 4
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Douglas/Schmitt
 4/24
 4
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Fields/Sarkar
 4/24
 4
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Glines/Rhodes
 4/26
 5
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Gottschalk/Reyes-Rivera
 4/26
 5
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Hamaker/Peisker
 4/26
 6
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Harris/Paz
 5/2
 7
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Krowpman/Micallef
 5/2
 7
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Li/Maldonado
 5/2
 8
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Madden/Magilligan
 5/2
 8
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Aguilar/Weisskopf
 5/2
 9
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Practice Exam over Chapters 1-3 given 4/21
Practice Exam over Chapters 4-6 given on 4/28
Practice Exam over Chapters 7-9 on 5/2

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