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PHYS 295: Electromagnetism

Spring 2024

Instructor: Seth Major, smajor, 4919, G064
Office Hours:

After each class and Tuesdays 1:30 - 4 PM

Lectures:

MWF 10:00-10:50 AM Science Center G047

Texts:

Purcell and Morin, Electricity and Magnetism 3rd Edition

News:

  • I have posted a revised Guide 7 - now v1.6.
  • The test corrections are due on Friday March 29. We'll discuss Gauss's law on Monday so you should be in good shape after the class to undertake the test corrections, should you choose to.

Course Info:

course syllabus (pdf)

Problem Sets (pdf):

Problem Set 1 (solutions)
Problem Set 2 (solutions)
Problem Set 3 (solutions)
Problem Set 4 (solutions)
Problem Set 5 (solutions)
Example mid-term problems (solution sketches)
Problem Set 6
Problem Set 7 (v1.6)

Extras:

  • Phet Electric Hockey!
  • A translation of "Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", Einstein's original 1905 paper on special relativity. Here's a pdf (1.9 MB) of the original article in German pubished in Annalen der Physik.
  • Last modified 27 March 2024

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