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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:

  • PS 10 is posted and now due next week (April 26). I might add a problem or two on Friday.
  • My make-up for Monday's class is here.

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
Problem Set 6
Problem Set 7
Problem Set 8
Problem Set 9
Problem Set 10

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 17 April 2024

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