W1 D1: Math Bits

Introduction to the Static Fields (Math Bits)

Course Lecture Notes
Key Request Form
Research Consent Form

Densities

Acting Out Charge Densities

GSF: Densities
GEM 2.1.4

Non-uniform Densities

Modeling Nonuniform Density

Unit: (Math Bits) Integration and Differentiation in Curvilinear Coordinates

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Integration and Differentiation in Curvilinear Coordinates

W1 D2: Math Bits

Review Curvilinear Coordinates

GSF: Curvilinear Coordinates
GSF: Change of Coordinates

Scalar Line, Surface, Volume Elements

Total Charge of a Rod
Curvilinear Volume Elements

GSF: Scalar Surface Elements
GSF: Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
GEM 1.3.1, 1.4

Total Charge

Total Charge: Spheres \& Cylinders

GSF: Total Charge

W1 D3: Math Bits

Vector Differential

Vector Differential--Rectangular
Vector Differential--Polar
Vector Differential--Curvilinear

GSF: The Vector Differential
GSF: Finding $d\vec{r}$ on Rectangular Paths
GSF: Other Coordinate Systems
GSF: Calculating $d\vec{r}$ in Curvilinear Coordinates

HW 01 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 01 Practice (pdf)

Use What You Know

Introduction to Use What You Know
Charge on a Parabola

GSF: Using $d\vec{r}$ on More General Paths
GSF: Use What You Know

W1 D4: Math Bits

Vector Fields

Draw Vector Fields

GVC: Vector Fields for Mathematicians
GSF: Vector Fields for Physicists

Work and Vector Line Integrals

Vector Line Integrals (Contour Map)

Curvilinear Basis Vectors

GSF: Orthonormal Basis Vectors
GEM 1.4

W1 D5: Math Bits

Review The Multivariable Differential

GMM: The Multivariable Differential

HW 02 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 02 Practice (pdf)

Definition of Gradient

GSF: The Geometry of the Gradient
GSF: The Gradient in Rectangular Coordinates
GEM 1.2.2-1.2.3

Properties of Gradient

GSF: Properties of the Gradient

Visualizing Gradient

Acting Out the Gradient
Visualising the Gradient

GSF: Visualizing the Geometry of the Gradient
GSF: Using Technology to Visualize the Gradient
GEM 1.2.2-1.2.3
Taylor 4.3, 4.8

Gradient in Curvilinear Coordinates

GSF: The Gradient in Curvilinear Coordinates
GSF: Formulas for Div, Grad, Curl

Unit: Potentials Due to Discrete Charges

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Potentials Due to Discrete Charges

W2 D1

Introduction to Static Fields (Physics)

Introduction to Static Fields

Electrostatic & Gravitational Potential

Electrostatic Potential Due to a Point Charge

GSF: Electrostatic and Gravitational Potentials and Potential Energies
GEM 2.3.4
GSF: Dimensions

Review Distance Formula

Visualizing Potentials I

Drawing Equipotential Surfaces

Read After Class:
GSF: Visualization of Potentials

W2 D2

Veterans Day (No Class)

W2 D3

Superposition of Discrete Charges

Electrostatic Potential Due to a Pair of Charges (without Series)

Read After Class:
GSF: Superpositions from Discrete Sources
GSF: Two Point Charges
GEM 2.3.4

HW 03 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 03 Practice (pdf)

Potential Due to a Pair of Charges: Limiting Cases

Electrostatic Potential Due to a Pair of Charges (with Series)

Read After Class:
GSF: Power Series for Two Point Charges

W2 D4

Visualizing Potentials (with Technology)

Using Technology to Visualize Potentials

Read After Class:
GSF: Using Technology to Visualize Potentials

Series for Multipoles

Multipole Expansions

Read After Class:
GSF: Using Technology to Visualize Power Series

$1/r$ vs. $1/r^2$

Electrostatic Potential in Curvilinear Coordinates

Electrostatic Potential Due to a Ring of Charge

Read After Class:
GSF: Potentials from Continuous Charge Distributions
GSF: Potential Due to a Uniformly Charged Ring
GEM 2.3.4

W2 D5

Limiting Cases (V Ring)

HW 04 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 04 Practice (pdf)

Unit: Electric Fields

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Electric Fields, $\vec{E}(\vec{r})$

W3 D1

Constants, Variables, and Parameters

Electric Field Due to a Point Charge

Electric Field of a Point Charge

GSF: Electric Field of a Point Charge

Superposition for Electric Fields

Drawing Electric Field Vectors for Discrete Charges

Read After Class:
GSF: Superposition for the Electric Field
GSF: The Geometry of Electric Fields
GEM 2.2.1

Electric Field Lines

GSF: Electric Field Lines
GEM 2.2.1

W3 D2

Electric Field Due to a Point Charge as a Gradient

GSF: Electric Field
GEM 2.1.1-2.1.2

Electric Fields from Continuous Charge Distributions

Electric Field Due to a Ring of Charge

Read After Class:
GSF: Electric Field from Continuous Charge Distributions
GSF: Electric Field Due to a Uniformly Charged Ring
GSF: The Electric Field of a Uniform Disk
GEM 2.1

Unit: Gauss's Law (Integral)

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Gauss's Law (Integral Form)

W3 D3

Products of Vectors: Cross Product
Triple Product

Cross Product Review

GMM: Cross Product
GEM 1.1.1-1.1.3

HW 05 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 05 Practice (pdf)

Vector Surface Elements

Vector Surface and Volume Elements

Read After Class:
GSF: Vector Surface Elements
GEM 1.3.1

Flux Definition

Acting Out Flux

Read After Class:
GSF: Flux
GSF: Flux of the Electric Field
GEM 1.3.1, 2.2.1

W3 D4

Flux Calculation

Flux through a Paraboloid

Read After Class:
GSF: Highly Symmetric Surfaces
GSF: Less Symmetric Surfaces

Visualizing Flux

Visualizing Flux through a Cube

Read After Class:
GSF: Flux through a Cube

Gauss's Law in Integral Form

Gauss's Law in Symmetric Situations

Read After Class:
GSF: Gauss's Law
GSF: Gauss's Law and Symmetry
GSF: Gauss's Law for High Symmetry
GEM 2.2.3

W3 D5

Step Functions

Read After Class:
GMM: Step Functions
GEM 1.5.2
Video:
Step & Delta Functions

HW 06 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 06 Practice (pdf)

Delta Functions

Read After Class:
GMM: The Dirac Delta Function
GMM: Properties of the Dirac Delta Function
GMM: Representations of the Dirac Delta Function
GEM 1.5

W4 D1

Big Quiz

Static Fields Equation Sheet

Unit: Maxwell's Equations in Differential Form

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Divergence and Curl

W4 D2

More Gauss's Law

Derivatives of Vector Fields

W4 D3

Definition of Divergence

Read After Class:
GSF: The Definition of Divergence
GEM 1.2.4

HW 07 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 07 Practice (pdf)

Visualization of Divergence

Read After Class:
GSF: Exploring the Divergence
GSF: Visualizing the Divergence

Divergence Theorem

GSF: The Divergence Theorem
GEM 1.3.4
Taylor 13.7

W4 D4

Thanksgiving (No Class)

W4 D5

Thanksgiving Break (No Class)

HW 08 Practice
HW 08 Practice (pdf)

Unit: Magnetic Fields

Introduction to the Unit
Learning Outcomes Learning Outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes: Magnetostatic Fields

W5 D1

Divergence in Curvilinear Coordinates

Read After Class:
GSF: The Divergence in Curvilinear Coordinates
GSF: Exploring the Divergence in Polar Coordinates

Differential Form of Gauss's Law

GSF: Differential Form of Gauss's Law
GSF: The Divergence of a Coulomb Field
GEM 2.2.1-2.2.2

Current Density

Acting Out Current Density

Read After Class:
GSF: Current
GEM 5.1.3, 5.2.2

W5 D2

Big Quiz Redux

Total Current

Current from a Spinning Cylinder

Ampère's Law in Integral Form

Amp\`ere's Law in Symmetric Situations

Read After Class:
GSF: Ampère's Law
GSF: Current in a Wire
GSF: Ampère's Law and Symmetry
GSF: Ampère's Law on Cylinders
GEM 5.3.3

W5 D3

Curl

Visualization of Curl

Read After Class:
GSF: The Geometry of Curl
GSF: The Definition of Curl
GSF: The Curl in Curvilinear Coordinates
GSF: Exploring the Curl II
GSF: Visualizing the Curl
GEM 1.2.5

HW 09 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 09 Practice (pdf)
Proportional Reasoning Practice (w/ Solution)
Proportional Reasoning Practice (pdf)

W5 D4

Stokes' Theorem

GSF: Stokes' Theorem
GEM 1.3.5

Differential Form of Ampère's Law

GSF: Differential Form of Ampère's Law
GEM 5.3.3

Introduction to the Lorentz Force Law

Lorentz Force Law to Words

GSF: The Lorentz Force Law
GEM 5.1, 5.3.4
Taylor 2.5

Relationship of Fields

V, $\vec{E}$, U, $\vec{F}$

Read After Class:
GSF: The Relationship between $V$, $\vec{E}$, $U$, and $\vec{F}$
GEM 2.3.1-2.3.2
Taylor 4.2

Work

Read After Class:
GSF: Conservative Vector Fields
GSF: Independence of Path
GSF: Visualizing Conservative Vector Fields
GSF: Finding Potential Functions
GSF: Finding the Potential from the Electric Field
GEM 1.3.2-1.3.3
GEM 2.4.1
Taylor 4.2

Lorentz Force Law

Curl-Free Vector Fields

Read After Class:
GSF: Curl-Free Vector Fields
GEM 1.6.2
Taylor 4.4

Electrostatic Energy Due to Discrete Charges

Electrostatic Energy of Discrete Charges

Read After Class:
GSF: Electrostatic Energy from Discrete Charges
GEM 2.4.1-2.4.2

W5 D5

Biot Savart Law

Read After Class:
GSF: The Biot-Savart Law
GSF: The Magnetic Field of a Straight Wire
GSF: The Magnetic Field of a Spinning Ring
GSF: Comparing $\vec{B}$ and $\vec{A}$ for a Spinning Ring
GEM 5.2.2

HW 10 Practice (w/ Solution)
HW 10 Practice (pdf)

Review

GSF: Learning Outcomes
GSF: The Relationship between $\vec{E}$, $V$, and $\rho$
GSF: The Relationship between $\vec{B}$, $\vec{A}$, and $\vec{J}$
GEM 2.3.5, 5.4.2
GEM 5.3.4

12/10, noon

FINAL EXAM

Static Fields Equation Sheet

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