PHYS4210 Electromagnetic Theory

Spring 2009

Posted Homework Problems

These are problems, due on the date indicated, that are not from the textbook. If one of these problems is due, there is a notation on the course schedule on the appropriate date.

22 January

29 January

5 February

19 March

23 March

9 April

27 April

Some notes on CGS and SI units for electromagnetism

Some notes on special relativity from a different course, and a brief article on pictorial representations of contravariant and covariant vectors.

Some excellent demonstrations of physical optics

Dispersion
Diffraction
Refraction, dispersion, and resonance

These films are obtained from a web site with materials produced by Professor Alfred Leitner, retired from the Physics Department at Rensselaer.

An applet for visualizing rectangular electromagnetic resonant cavities from Paul Falstad.

Jim Napolitano