MP465 - Advanced Electromagnetism
Lecturer/Tutor: Paul
Watts
Address: Room 1.2, Department of Theoretical
Physics, Science Building, North Campus
Phone: 708 3339
E-Mail: watts AT thphys DOT nuim DOT ie
Lectures and Tutorials:
As you all know, there will be no more face-to-face teaching for the
rest of this semester. Furthermore, because of the total campus
shutdown that's currently scheduled through the May Bank Holiday, I
won't be on the Internet as continuously as if I were on campus.
However, I'll be going online for a while every weekday to check
e-mail, upload notes, do research, etc.
Speaking of notes, the lecture notes will be going up every Wednesday
and the tutorial notes every Thursday. Here are what's been uploaded
so far:
Tutorial 6, Tuesday 24/03/2020
Lectures 13 & 14, Thursday 26/03/2020
Tutorial 7, Monday 30/03/2020
Lectures 15 & 16, Thursday 02/04/2020
Tutorial 8, Tuesday 07/04/2020
Lectures 17 & 18 Part I and
Part II, Thursday 09/04/2020
Tutorial 9, Tuesday 21/04/2020
Lectures 19 & 20, Thursday 23/04/2020
Lectures 21 & 22, Wednesday 29/04/2020
Tutorial 10, Thursday 30/04/2020
Lectures 23 & 24, Wednesday 06/05/2020
Tutorial 11, Thursday 07/05/2020
In addition, if you'd like to see a slightly different (and briefer)
discussion of the same material, here are Brian Dolan's old notes from
when he used to teach the module:
Brian's notes
Content:
This module will be lecture-driven, and the assignments and exam will
be based entirely on the material presented in the lectures and
tutorials, so please try to attend all of those (or at least as many
as you possibly can). There is no required textbook for this module;
however, the following are both EXCELLENT books and well-worth looking
at in the library:
David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics
(Canbridge)
J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics
(Wiley)
Assessment:
The continuous assessment -- in the form of (roughly) biweekly problem
sets -- will count toward 20% of your overall mark; here are all the
problem sets that have been assigned so far:
Problem Set 1 and its
solutions
Problem Set 2 and its
solutions
Problem Set 3 and its
solutions
Problem Set 4 and its
solutions
Problem Set 5 and its
solutions
The other 80% of your overall mark will come from the three-hour
online exam. The May exam can be found
here and its
solutions here.
The repeat exam is taking place right now. It's below, as is a PDF of
the Log Book:
Repeat Exam
Log Book