Problem Set 3

Due Friday, September 25, by 2 pm in PHY 142 homework locker

Problem 1 [10 points]
Purcell problem 1.22
Problem 2 [5 points]
Purcell problem 2.1
Problem 3 [10 points]
Purcell problem 2.4
You may have to wait for Tuesday's lecture to do this one.
Problem 4 [10 points]
Consider a spherical shell of radius R, with a total charge Q uniformly distributed over its surface. Find the electrostatic potential for all points r, both inside and outside the shell.
Problem 5 [5 points]
Purcell problem 2.5
Problem 6 [10 points]
Purcell problem 2.10
You may have to wait for Tuesday's lecture to do this one.