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Homework assignments: 

* HW 23 [Not collected- solutions (soon) in the binder in SCIC 113. Work these out as you prepare for the exam!]

• Read:  Griffiths 7.1 - 7.3
• Work Griffiths problems 7.22, 7.34

* HW 22 [Not collected- solutions (soon) in the binder in SCIC 113. Work these out as you prepare for the exam!]

• Read:  Griffiths 7.1 - 7.3
• Work Griffiths problems 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.12, 7.13, 7.15, 7.17

* HW 21 [Due: T, 03 Dec 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 5.4, 7.1 - 7.3.3
• Work Griffiths problems 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 (use solenoid result that we derived in class), 5.19
• View the PenCasts GWC PHYS301 PenCast 06 - Current Carrying Ring - Off-axis B field with Biot-Savart.pdf and GWC PHYS301 PenCast 07 - Magnetostatic Boundary Conditions.pdf on Canvas, under Modules.

* HW 20 [Due: T, 26 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 5.1 - 5.3
• Work Griffiths problems 5.9 (use Biot-Savart), 5.10 (a), 5.13, 5.47, 5.49

* HW 19 [Due: F, 22 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 5.1 - 5.4
• Work Griffiths problems 5.5, 5.6, 5.8 (a)
• AQ1: From Knight's Physics for Scientists and Engineers (our General Physics textbook), work out problem P32.61.
• AQ2: From Knight's Physics for Scientists and Engineers (our General Physics textbook), work out problem P32.67.
• AQ3: From Knight's Physics for Scientists and Engineers (our General Physics textbook), work out problem P32.74.

* HW 18 [Due: T, 19 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 5.1 - 5.3
• Work Griffiths problems 2.43, 5.3, 5.4
• AQ1: Find the capacitance for the concentric spherical capacitor, which consists of two concentric conducting spherical shells, the smaller sphere of radius r₁ and the larger sphere of radius r₂.

* HW 17 [Due: F, 15 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 5.1 - 5.3
• Work Griffiths problems 3.7, 3.8 (a, b), 3.11 (for 3.11, work it out up to and including the sentence "What is the force on q?"), 5.1
• View the PenCasts GWC PHYS301 PenCast 05.A - The Image Method.pdf and GWC PHYS301 PenCast 05.B - The Image Method.pdf on Canvas, under Modules.

* HW 16 [Due: T, 12 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 3.1, 3.2, 3.4
• Work problems in this document: HW16PHYS301 with AQ on potential maps.f19.pdf
• Read the following document: Hayt - Potential Maps Ch 6

* HW 15 [Due: F, 08 Nov 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 3.2 & 3.4 (Read 3.3 FYI, if you'd like - powerful method for solving differential equations.)
• Work Griffiths problems 2.25, 2.28, 2.52 (a)
• AQI: Find the potential at a generic point in the y z plane due to an electric dipole that lies on the z-axis with a distance d between the two charges. ONce you realize that this calculation involves cylindrical symmetry, you can switch the variable y to the cylindrical coordinate s. Do this and then compute the electric field.
• Read the following document: Hayt - Potential Maps Ch 6
• View the VidCast GWC PHYS301 VidCast 02 - Laplaces equation - relaxation method.mp4 on Canvas, under Modules.

* HW 14 [Not collected- solutions (soon) in the binder in SCIC 113. Work these out as you prepare for the exam!]

• Read:  Griffiths 3.1
• Work Griffiths problems 2.21 (reference result of problem 2.12), 2.23 (reference result of problem 2.15), 2.30 (a), 2.38 (a) & (c), 2.39 (a), (b), & (c)

* HW 13 [Due: T, 29 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 3.1
• Work Griffiths problems 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.22, 2.46, 2.50
• View the PenCast GWC PHYS301 PenCast 04 - Electrostatic Boundary Conditions.pdf on Canvas, under Modules.

* HW 12 [Due: F, 25 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 2.3 - 2.5
• Work Griffiths problems 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 (Note how to find q_encl using the second equation on page 70 of the text - an equation that we've seen before in class several times.).
• AQ1:Do the following integrals and interpret the results:
  
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* HW 11 [Due: T, 22 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 2.3 - 2.5
• Work Griffiths problems 2.7, 2.9, 2.10.
• View the PenCast GWC PHYS301 PenCast 03 - Charged ring off-axis electric field.pdf on Canvas, under Modules.

* HW 10 [Due: F, 18 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 2.3 - 2.5
• Work Griffiths problems 1.33, 1.54 (I suggest that you first view the video GWC PHYS301 VidCast 01 - Gauss Theorem - Inverted Hemi.MP4 on Canvas, under Modules with the PenCasts before attempting this one.), 2.3, 2.4 (use result of example 2.2 and in-class example), 2.5, 2.6 .

* HW 9 [Due: T, 15 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 2.1, 2.2
• Work Griffiths problems 1.55, 1.57, 2.2.

* HW 8 [Due: F, 11 Oct 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.4 (again!), 2.1
• Work problems in this document: HW08PHYS301.f19

* HW 7 [Due: F, 27 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 2.2.4 & 2.3.1
• Work Griffiths problems 1.34 [You should be able to work this one out based on what we did in class today (26 Sept). The line integral is familiar territory and the integral over the area we pretty much did today, but without the curl in the integrand. Remember the direction of dA is given by the direction of integration around the closed loop.), 1.44, 1.45, 1.47, 1.50 (a), 1.56 (the rest of it!), 2.20 (but don't find the potential).

* HW 6 [Due: T, 24 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.3, 1.5, 1.6
• Work Griffiths problems 1.27, 1.28 [For 1.27 and 1.28, prove both with a completely general function in each case.], 1.29, 1.32, 1.56 (first sentence only).
• Review the two pencasts posted on Canvas. These are based on sections 1.5 and 1.6 of the text. You can find them under the Modules tab or the Announcements tab. Bring questions about these to class on Tuesday.

* HW 5 [Due: F, 20 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.3 - 1.4
• Work Griffiths problems 1.16, 1.18, 1.20, 1.25 (a), 1.26, AND find both the divergence and curl of the vector field given in problem 1.43.

* HW 4 [Due: T, 17 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.3, 1.4
• Work problems in this document: HW04PHYS301.f19

* HW 3 [Due: F, 13 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.2 and 1.4
• Work Griffiths problems 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.42 (for this one feel free to use the geometric method that I went thrrough in class.)

* HW 2 [Due: T, 10 Sept 2019]

• Read:  Griffiths 1.2 and 1.4
• Work Griffiths problems 1.5 (write all vectors on both sides of the equation in a generic form like in equation (1.10); this exercise will likely take up a lot of paper [unless, you use the Levi-Civita symbol.]!), 1.7, 2.1 (a,b)
• AQ1: Carry out the following sums:
  • (a)
  • (b)
• AQ3: Write out explicitly the two sums in the Levi-Civita form (see below) of the cross product for the z component (i = 3). Show that you get the expected result.
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• Read:  Griffiths 1.1 – 1.2 + Advert (pp. xi – xv)
• Work Griffiths problems 1.3, 1.4
• Do additional questions: Complete the handout on "Vectors and Vector Products"

Additional resources:

PPT Slides   Class use of electronic devices

Errata (corrections) to the textbook:    Griffiths Errata ED4a    Griffiths Errata ED4b

VectorFieldPlots in 3D

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