Instructor: Mohit Randeria

Day & Time: Mon., Wed., Thu. & Fri., 8:30 - 9:18 AM

Room: Smith 3094 (note room change!)

Text Book: ``Introduction to Electrodynamics'' by D. J. Griffiths (3rd Ed.),
                    (Prentice Hall, 1999).

        Syllabus:

• Mathematical preliminaries: vector analysis (Chapter 1 of text book)
• Introduction to electrostatics (Ch. 2)
• Special techniques in electrostatics (Ch. 3)
• Static electric fields in matter (Ch. 4)
  
  Course Grades:
                      Home Work:                    35%
                      Mid-Term Exams I & II:    15 + 15%
                      Final Exam:                     35%
  
  Exam Dates:
     
• Mid Term I: Friday, Oct. 13 IN SMITH 3094 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE!) At 8:30 AM.
• Mid Term II: Monday, Nov. 6, Smith 3094 at 8:30 AM
• Final Exam: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 - 9:18 AM.                

        Graders:  K. Li (li.744@osu.edu) and Y. Proestos (proestos.3@osu.edu)

        Office Hours: Mondays, 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Course Information in pdf format: CourseInfo.pdf  contains Syllabus, Text book, Exam Schedule, etc.

Lectures: Trivedi Lecture (Oct. 16)

Home Work Assignments: HW1.pdf (due Sept 27)

                                               HW2.pdf (due Oct 5)

                                               HW3.pdf (due Oct 11)

                                               HW4.pdf (due Oct 20)

                                               HW5.pdf (due Oct 26)

                                               HW6.pdf (due Nov 2)                                              

                                               HW7.pdf (due Nov 15)

                                               HW8.pdf (due Nov 22)

                                               HW9.pdf (due Dec 1)

                                               HW9Solutions.pdf

                                               Solutions-homework3.pdf

                                               Appendix_solution3.pdf

If you have any questions, please contact me:

Office: Physics Research Building, Room 2024
Phone: 292 2457
Email: randeria@mps.ohio-state.edu