PHYSICS 420 Electricity and Magnetism I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Electrostatics, capacitance, boundary value problems, mulipole expansion, dielectrics, magnetostatics, vector potential, magnetic properties of matter, motional emf, inductance, Maxwell's equations in differential form.

Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(NP), and a grade of B- or better in MATH 325(P); or MATH 325(P) and a grade of B- or better in PHYSICS 370(P); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.

Last Taught: Fall 2024.

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