Electromagnetism Year 2 (Part A)
This page last modified on 11/02/08 by B. Todd Huffman

Course materials and information

Synopsis of the lectures for Michaelmas Term and Hilary Term

Michealmas Term problem sets:
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Supplemental problems for Michealmas Term

Hilary Term Problem sets:
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 6
Supplemental problems for Hilary Term

Lecture Notes and Slides:

Introductory material
Lecture 01 Monday Week 5  Michaelmas Term
Lecture 02 Tuesday Week 5

Lecture 03 Monday Week 6
Lecture 04 Tuesday Week 6

Lecture 05 Monday Week 7
Lecture 06 Tuesday Week 7

Lecture 07 Monday Week 8
Lecture 08 Tuesday Week 8

Lecture 09 Wednesday Week 1  Hilary Term
Lecture 10 Thursday Week 1
Lecture 11 Friday Week1

Lecture 12 Wednesday Week 2
Lecture 13 Thursday Week 2
Lecture 14 Friday Week2

Lecture 15 Wednesday Week 3
Lecture 16 Thursday Week 3
Lecture 17 Friday Week 3

Lecture 18 Wednesday Week 4
Lecture 19 Thursday Week 4
Lecture 20 Friday Week 4

Recommended texts:

"Introduction to Electrodynamics", David J. Griffiths
3rd ed. (primary text, brilliantly written for this level)

"The Feyman Lectures on Physics" Volume II, Feyman, Leighton, and Sands
(This is not the first book I would read on EM, but it is brilliant and well worth reading as you study for the Part A exams.)

"Electricity and Magnetism", Bleaney and Bleaney
(Terse, but has a good treatment of transmission lines. Most colleges should have an old copy of this around as it was the primary Oxford text for years.)

"Electromagnetic Phenomena",
P. Lorrain, Dale Corson, F. Lorrain

"Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory",
Reitz, Milford, and Christy; 4th ed.
(This text is advanced but is one of the few that actually bothers to cover the magnetic scalar potential well.
It also goes through the calculation of reflection from metallic surfaces at an angle.)

"Electricity and Magnetism",
Berkeley Physics Course - Volume 2
by Edward M. Purcell. Unfortunately this text is old and out of print. But it has excellent illustrations for electrostatics and magnetostatics. Given the age of some college collections I include this text just in case students might find it hidden in the stacks in their college libraries.