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Assignment |
Due date |
Topic |
Solutions |
|
1 |
8 Sept 2026 |
Vector algebra and calculus
|
1s |
|
2 |
15 Sept 2026 |
Vector calculus; Coulomb's law
|
2s |
|
3 |
22 Sept 2026 |
Calculations with Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law, and superposition
|
3s |
|
4 |
29 Sept 2026 |
Conductors: calculations with Coulomb's and Gauss's laws; solution of Poisson equation in 1-D
|
4s |
|
5 |
6 Oct 2026 |
Laplace-equation solutions; more practice with vector identities; linear stability I
|
5s |
|
6 |
15 Oct 2026 |
More Laplace solutions; potential of extended multipoles; linear stability II and Earnshaw's Theorem
|
6s |
|
7 |
27 Oct 2026 |
Method of images, finite-element analysis
|
7s |
|
8 |
3 Nov 2026 |
Electric polarization; capacitors; linear dielectrics
|
8s |
|
9 |
10 Nov 2026 |
Linear dielectrics in Laplace-equation boundary-value problems; capacitive oil pump; current distributions; forces on dielectrics and between currents; magnetic field from coaxial current-loop pairs
|
9s |
|
10 |
17 Nov 2026 |
B from Biot-Savart and Ampere laws; magnetic vector potential |
10s |
|
11 |
24 Nov 2026 |
Magnetic multipoles; magnetic polarization; forces and torques on dipoles; motional EMF; more practice with vector identities
|
11s |
|
12 |
8 Dec 2026 |
More motional EMF; induction of E calculated from Faraday's Law
|
12s |
|
13 |
15 Dec 2026 |
Mutual and self inductance; energy and momentum in electromagnetic fields; use of the Maxwell stress tensor; ideal magnetohydrodynamics
|
13s |
