Announcements

Nov 29 : Final exam, Monday Dec. 7, Peterson Hall, Room 110

Nov 29 : Homework 9 posted, due Friday Dec. 4.

Nov 23 : Homework 8 posted, due Monday Nov. 30.

Nov 18 : Homework 7 posted, due Monday Nov. 23.

Nov 16 : Midterm today! Best wishes!

Nov 8 : Homework 6 posted, due Friday Nov. 13.

Nov 2 : Homework 5 posted, due Friday Nov. 6.

Oct 23: Today's Julio's office hour moved to Monday Oct. 26, 9-10 am

Oct 22: Homework 4 posted, due Friday Oct. 30.

Oct 12: Discussion session postponed.

Oct 12: Homework 3 posted, due Oct. 12.

Oct 5: Homework 2 posted, due Oct 5.

Oct 2: Julio's office hour set to F 9-10 am @ MHA 4531.

Sep 28: Homework 1 posted, due Oct 2.

Sep 25, 2015: Welcome to 100A, Electromagnetism!

Homework numbers refer to problems in 4th. edition of Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths.
Homeworks are due at the beginning of class on the day indicated below. Remember that homework solutions are posted on TED.ucsd.edu

PHYSICS 100A FALL 2015 HOMEWORK SCHEDULE

WeekChapterHomework Assignments
Due date
0 : Sept. 25 1
Vector calculus review
1 : Sept. 28 1
Vector calculus, cont'd		 Homework #1: 1.7, 1.13, 1.14, 1.21, 1.25, 1.27, 1.28, 1.36, 1.49
Due Oct. 5
2 : Oct. 5 2
Coulomb's Law,
Electric fields, Gauss' law		 Homework #2: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.14, 2.16, 2.17
Due Oct. 12
3 : Oct. 12 2
Properties of E,
scalar potential		 Homework #3: 2.20, 2.21, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.30
Due Oct. 19
4 : Oct. 19 2
Work and energy
Midterm Wed. Oct. 21
Conductors, capacitance, forces		 Homework #4: 2.31, 2.32, 2.34, 2.36, 2.37, 2.38, 2.39, 2.40
Due Friday Oct. 30
5 : Oct. 26 3
Laplace's equations, Images 		Homework #5: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.12
Due Friday Nov. 6
6 : Nov. 6 3
Separation of variables 		Homework #6: 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.19, 3.22, 3.23, 3.25
Due Friday Nov. 13
7 : Nov. 16 3

Midterm Monday, Nov. 16
8 : Nov. 13 3
Multipole expansion
Homework #7: 3.27, 3.28, 3.30, 3.31, 3.36
Due Monday Nov. 23
9 : Nov. 23 4
Electric fields in matter, D
Homework #8: 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 4.15, 4.18
Due Monday Nov. 30
10: Nov. 30 4
Boundary value problems with linear dielectrics,
energy in dielectric systems,
forces on dielectrics,
review 		Homework #9: 4.19, 4.22, 4.24, 4.26, 4.28
Due Friday Dec. 4
Final: Dec. 7Final exam Monday, Dec. 7