PHY650 Homework and Reading Assignments for Spring 2008

(Note:  "WM" = Wolfgang Panofsky and Melba Phillips, Classical Electricity and Magnetism.)
Read Chapter 1, WM.

 HW#1 problems due 25 January 2008: 

WM Chapter 1, Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, & 16. 
In-class problem:  For an electric monopole and magnetic monopole separated by a distance, d, compute the angular momentum in the fields.
Read Chapters 2 & 3, WM.

HW#2 problems due 8 February 2008: 

WM Chapter 2, Problems 1 & 4.  Chapter 3, Problems 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, & 14.
Read Chapters 4 & 5, WM.

HW#3 problems due 25 February 2008:

WM Chapter 4, Problems 2, 4, & 6.  Chapter 5, Problems 1, 5, & 8.
Read Chapter 6, WM.

HW#4 problems due 7 March 2008:

WM Chapter 6, Problems 4, 6, & 7.
In-class problem:  Show that  the following integral representation is a solution to the modified Bessel equation,  s2Kν'' + sKν' = (s2+ν2) Kν .
modified Bessel integral rep
In-class problem:  Show that the Dirichlet Green's function between two concentric spheres, of radii a < b, is given in spherical coordinates as follows.
concentric spheres
Read Chapters 7 & 8, WM.

HW#5 problems due 4 April 2008:

WM Chapter 7, Problems 3, 4, & 7.  Chapter 8, Problems 3, 5, 6, & 7.
Read Chapters 9, 10, & 24, WM.

HW#6 problems due 14 April 2008:

WM Chapter 9, Problems 5, 6 (note B is time-independent here), & 7 (only 2nd paragraph part).  Chapter 10, Problems 5 & 7.
Read Chapters 11 & 12, WM.

HW #7 problems due 21 April 2008:

WM Chapter 11, Problems 2, 6, & 7.  Chapter 12, Problem 1.
Read Chapter 13, WM.

HW #8 problems due 28 April 2008:

WM Chapter 13, Problems 3 & 9.