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\centerline{\bf Syllabus}
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\centerline{\bf Electrodynamics A (PHY 5346 -- Fall  2016)}
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\centerline{\bf Prof. Bernd A. Berg}
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\centerline{Phone: 850-273-0001 or 850-644-6246, 
         ~~~e-mail: bberg at fsu dot edu }
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\centerline{ Office: 615 Keen.}
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\item{Class:} TR 9:30--10:45 am at HCB 0314. 

\item{Office hours:} T 1:30--2:30 pm, W 2:00--4:00 pm at 615 Keen 
and by appointment.

% \item{Grader David Clarke Office hours:} W 10:00--12:00 am at 614 Keen.
% Phone 850-405-6851.

\item{Midterm tentative Date:} Tuesday, October 11.

\item{Test on Homework tentative Date:} Thursday, December 1.

\item{\bf Final Date:} {\bf Wednesday December 14, 7:30--9:30 am, HCB 0314}

% 10:00--12:00 am at 7th floor Keen Building.} 
% \item{\bf NEW Final Date:} {\bf Tuesday December 9, 
% 10:00--12:00 am at 7th floor Keen Building.} 
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\centerline{\bf Goal} \medskip
This course and its continuation, Electrodynamics~B (PHY 5347), intend 
to give a thorough understanding of classical electrodynamics based 
on the relativistic space-time (Minkowski space). For an overview see 
the schedule below as well as the preface, the overview and the table 
of contents of the text for this course.
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\noindent {\bf Required Text:} My lecture notes {\it Essential Graduate 
Electrodynamics} will be available at Target Copy. In Electrodynamics~A 
we intend to cover chapters~1, 2, part of chapter to~3 and most of the 
appendixes. Chapters~4 to~7, appendix~D and some parts of appendix~B 
contain material for Electrodynamics~B (PHY 5347).

As reference text, but not required, I recommend Jackson, {\it 
Classical Electrodynamics}, {\bf Second} Edition. Other useful texts
are the two volumes of the {\it Course of Theoretical Physics} by 
Landau and Lifshitz: Vol.~2, {\it The Classical Theory of Fields} and 
Vol.~8, Landau, Lifshitz and Pitaevski\u\i, {\it Electrodynamics of 
Continuous Media}.
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\noindent {\bf Homework and Classwork:} Weekly homework assignments 
will be posted on the web. They have to be turned in {\bf before} the 
beginning of the class indicated (usually on Thursdays). Each problem 
counts ten points unless stated otherwise. Some problems will be solved 
in class. These (unannounced) Classwork Assignments count the same as 
homework. They are turned in at the end of the class and students 
missing such a class unexcused will get no credit. For full credit 
on home- and classwork you need only 90\% of the maximally possible 
score (10\% will initially be added).
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A standing assignment is to read the chapters of the script as listed 
in the (tentative) schedule.
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\noindent {\bf Prerequisites:} Undergraduate Electrodynamics, 
Analysis (including several variables), Vector Analysis, and 
a basic understanding of function theory of one complex variable. 
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\noindent {\bf Grades} will be based on 40\% for homework and 
classwork, 15\% for the midterm, 15\% for a test on homework 
and 30\% for the final. Anticipated dividing lines are: 
A $\ge$ 90\% $>$ A$^- \ge$ 85\% $>$ B$^+ \ge$ 80\%
$>$ B $\ge$ 70\% $>$ B$^- \ge$ 65\% $>$ C$^+ \ge$ 60\% $>$ C $\ge$
55\% $>$ C$^- \ge$ 50\% $>$ D $\ge$ 40\% $>$ F.
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\noindent {\bf ADA:} Students with disabilities should register with
the Student Disability Resource Center and bring a letter to the
instructor indicating their needs. Please do so during the first
week of class.
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\noindent {\bf Honor Code:} Students are expected to uphold the 
Academic Honor Code published in the FSU Bulletin and the Student
Handbook.
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\noindent For important informations see the {\bf ``Required Syllabus 
Statements'' linked on the course website.}
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\begin{table}[th] \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline
\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{{\bf Schedule} (Tentative)}  \\
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Date    & Topic               & Book   \\ \hline
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Aug. 30 & Maxwell Eqns, Special Relativity, 
          Space and Time   & Chapt. 1  \\
Sep.  1 & Lorentz Invariance, Minkowski Space, 2D 
          Lorentz Transformations             & Chapt. 1   \\

Sep.  6 & Vector and Tensor Notation, 4D Lorentz 
          transformations                     & Chapt. 1   \\
Sep.  8 & 4D Lorentz transformations, Vector 
          Analysis & Appendix A.4                           \\

Sep. 13 & Relativistic Kinematics & Chapt. 1  \\
Sep. 15 & Relativistic Kinematics & Chapt. 1  \\

Sep. 20 & Relativistic Dynamics   & Chapt. 1  \\
Sep. 22 & Relativistic Dynamics   & Chapt. 1  \\

Sep. 27 & Special Relativity, Maxwell Equations & Chapt. 1 \\
Sep. 29 & Special Relativity, Maxwell Equations & Chapt. 1 \\

Oct.  4 & Lorentz Force, Review for Midterm & Chapt. 1   \\
Oct.  6 & Midterm             &            \\
        &                     &            \\ \hline
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\begin{table}[th] \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline
\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{{\bf Schedule} (Tentative)}  \\
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Date    & Topic               & Book      \\ \hline
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Oct. 11 & Elementary Electrostatics and Units & Chapt. 2, Appendix B\\
Oct. 13 & Boundary Conditions in Electrostatics & Chapt. 2   \\

Oct. 18 & Coordinate Systems  & Appendix A.1 - A.3   \\
Oct. 20 & Poisson's Equation and Green Functions & Chapt. 2   \\

Oct. 25 & Green Functions and the Method of Images & Chapt. 2   \\
Oct. 27 & Expansion in Orthonormal Functions & Chapt. 2   \\

Nov.  1 & Separation of Variables for the Laplace Operator & Chapt. 2 \\
Oct.  3 & Expansion in Orthonormal Functions (Cartesian) & Chapt. 2   \\

Nov.  8 & Expansion in Orthonormal Functions (Cylindrical) & Chapt. 2  \\
Nov. 10 & Angular Momentum and Spherical Harmonics & Appendix C  \\

Nov. 15 & Eigenfunction Method for Green Functions & Chapt. 2  \\
Nov. 17 & Multipole Expansion & Chapt. 3   \\

Nov. 22 & Dielectrics in the Electric Dipole Approximation & Chapt. 3\\
Nov. 23 & No Office Hours, Thanksgiving                    &    \\
Nov. 24 & No Classes, Thanksgiving                         &    \\

Nov. 29 & Elementary Magnetostatics & Chapt. 3 \\
Dec.  1 & Test on Homework &  \\

Dec.  6 & Elementary Magnetostatics, Review for Final & Chapt. 3 \\
Dec.  8 & SPCI Forms, Review for Final        &            \\

Dec. 14 & Final               &            \\
        &                     &            \\ \hline
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