8.022 at ESG
Fall 2004
Subject Information

Syllabus

8.022 at ESG covers classical Electricy and Magnetism (E&M), using the tools of vector calculus, and with an approach that is more theoretical than practical (but practical applications are not entirely disdained).
The topics covered are those in Chapters 1-9 of the text, Electricty and Magnetism by Edward M. Purcell, Second Edition. This is Volume 2 of the Berkeley Physics Course. Chapters 10 and 11, new additions to the Second Edition, will be covered if time allows. Appendix A, A Short Review of Special Reltavity will be covered and augmented as needed. There will be some supplements either given online, taken from 8.03 at ESG or swiped from the Physics Department.
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Schedule

In flux, but the current class group meeting times are Monday and Wednesday from Noon-1PM and Fridays from 10AM-11AM.
Problem sessions, formal or informal, seem to be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Calendar

Here's the plan for the rest of the term. Updates, especially links to problem sets as they are written, will be included. Some items, mainly for Tuesdays and Thursdays, are not yet known.

Last Update October 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
October 4
Problem Set 3 due (due to misadvertised Due Date)
Div, Grad, Curl and All that, continued		 October 5
Nobel Prize in Physics Announced		October 6
Div, Grad, Curl and All that, concluded
Problem Set 5 posted		 October 7
Check the MIT Physics Department Colloquium Schedule to see if Tuesday's announcement applies to us		October 8
Drop Date!
Problem Set 4 due
Quiz Review
October 11
Columbus Day - Holiday		 October 12
Monday Holidays won't stop Apple Pies on Tuesdays		October 13
First Quiz
Problem Set 6 posted		 October 14
Hey, I've got a free afternoon 		October 15
Problem Set 5 due
Fields Near Conductors
(Purcell Chapter 3)
Family Weekend!
All invited
October 18
More on Fields Near Conductors
 October 19
Eclectic Pies		 October 20
Electric Currents
(Purcell Chapter 4)
Problem Set 7 posted		 October 21
This Colloquium should be interesting		 October 22
Problem Set 6 due
More Electric Currents
October 25
Second Quiz		 October 26
Fields of Moving Pies		 October 27
Review of/
Introduction to Special Relativity
(Purcell Appendix A, Supplemental Notes)
Problem Set 8 posted		 October 28
Colloquium on Mars!

(Not E&M, but catch a great guitar recital at noon in the MIT chapel.)

October 29
Fields of Moving Charges (Purcell Chapter 5)
Problem Set 7 due
November 1
More Fields of Moving Charges		 November 2
Non-Magnetic Pies		 November 3
Magnetic Fields (Purcell Chapter 6)
Problem Set 9 posted		 November 4
Steve Weinberg gives the Colloquium. This will be packed - come early to get a seat.		 November 5
Problem Set 8 due
More on Mangetic Fields
November 8
Electromagnetic Induction (Purcell Chapter 7)
Possibly Pies		 November 9
Maybe Monday Pies		 November 10
More on Electromagnetic Induction
Problem Set 10 posted		 November 11
Veteran's Day (really Armistice Day) -- Holiday		 November 12
Problem Set 9 due
Third Quiz
November 15
Even More on Electromagnetic Induction		 November 16
Direct Pies		 November 17
AC Circuits (Purcell Chapter 8)
Problem Set 11 posted		 November 18
What looks like a Very Different Colloquium		 November 19
Problem Set 10 due
More AC Circuits
November 22
Fun Math for AC Circuits, from 8.03 at ESG		 November 23
Pies in Integral and Differential Form		 November 24
Maxwell's Equations (Purcell Chapter 9)
 November 25
Vacation		 November 26
Vacation
November 29
More Maxwell's Equations		 November 30
Particular Pies		 December 1
Electromagnetic Waves (Purcell Chapter&9)		 December 2
(Colloquium abstract not posted yet)		 December 3
Problem Set 11 due
More E&M Waves
December 6
More on Waves, from 8.03 at ESG		 December 7
Extra Pies		 December 8
Extra Topics TBA		 December 9
(Colloquium abstract not posted yet)
December 13
Final Pies		 December 14
Final Exam
9AM - Noon
Room TBA

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