What is Classical Electromagnetism?

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Classical electromagnetism encompasses the study of electric and magnetic fields, grounded in Maxwell's Equations and their applications in various materials. Comprehensive lecture notes are available, covering topics from electrostatics, including Coulomb's Law and Gauss's Law, to magnetostatics, such as Ampere's Law and Faraday's Law of electromagnetic induction. The course also addresses electromagnetic wave solutions and circuit theory fundamentals. Additional resources include intermediate and advanced courses led by Richard Fitzpatrick, providing deeper insights into electromagnetism and optics. These materials serve as valuable educational tools for understanding the principles of classical electromagnetism.
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This page provides comprehensive notes on EM Theory

http://www.intel.com/education/highered/curriculum/packaging/eee498.htm

Lectures are in PowerPoint format.

Lecture 0 - Course Overview
Lecture 1 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering
Lecture 2 - Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields;
Maxwell’s Equations; Electromagnetic Fields in Materials; Phasor Concepts;
Electrostatics: Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field, Discrete and Continuous Charge Distributions; Electrostatic Potential
Lecture 3 - Electrostatics: Electrostatic Potential; Charge Dipole; Visualization of Electric Fields; Potentials; Gauss’s Law and Applications; Conductors and Conduction Current
Lecture 4 - Electrostatics: Electrostatic Shielding; Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations; Capacitance; Dielectric Materials and Permittivity
Lecture 5 - Electrostatics: Dielectric Breakdown, Electrostatic Boundary Conditions, Electrostatic Potential Energy; Conduction Current and Ohm’s Law
Lecture 6 - Electromotive Force; Kirchoff’s Laws; Redistribution of Charge; Boundary Conditions for Steady Current Flow
Lecture 7 - Magnetostatics: Ampere’s Law Of Force; Magnetic Flux Density; Lorentz Force; Biot-savart Law; Applications Of Ampere’s Law In Integral Form; Vector Magnetic Potential; Magnetic Dipole; Magnetic Flux
Lecture 8 - Magnetostatics: Mutual And Self-inductance; Magnetic Fields In Material Media; Magnetostatic Boundary Conditions; Magnetic Forces And Torques
Lecture 9 - Faraday’s Law Of Electromagnetic Induction; Displacement Current; Complex Permittivity and Permeability
Lecture 10 - Uniform Plane Wave Solutions to Maxwell’s Equations
Lecture 11 - Electromagnetic Power Flow; Reflection And Transmission Of Normally and Obliquely Incident Plane Waves; Useful Theorems
Lecture 12 - Overview Of Circuit Theory;
Lumped Circuit Elements; Topology Of Circuits; Resistors; KCL and KVL; Resistors in Series and Parallel; Energy Storage Elements; First-Order Circuits
 
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Two courses -

Classical Electromagnetism: An intermediate level course
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/em.html (html and pdf file of course)

PHY387K - Advanced Classical Electromagnetism
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/~rfitzp/teaching/jk1/lectures/lectures.html
a graduate level course of lectures given by

Richard Fitzpatrick

Additional courses by Fitzpatrick

PHY 302l: Electromagnetism and Optics
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/302l/302l.html

http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching.html
 
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