Classnotes-1: Introduction and Mathematical Preliminaries
Classnotes-2: A Review of Electrostatics.
Classnotes-3: A Review of Magnetostatics.
Classnotes-4: Faraday's law and Ampere's law in time dependent scenarios.
Classnotes-5: Electromagnetic plane waves, polarization, Scalar and vector potential in electrodynamics.
Classnotes-6: Retarded potentials and Jefimenko's solution. Some additional notes on the Green's funtion for the wave equations can be found here.
Classnotes-7: Energy and momentum conservation Laws.
Classnotes-8: The birth of Radiation.
Classnotes-9: Lienard-Wiechert Potentials. Radiation Reaction.
Classnotes-10: A review of special relativity.
Classnotes-11: Relativistic covariance of electrodynamics.
Classnotes-12: Lagrangian formulation of Maxwell's theory, Lagrangian for Lorentz force, Noether's theorem, Engery-Momentum tensor.
Classnotes-13: Electrodynamics inside matter, Kramers-Kornig relations, Scattering.
Problem-set-1: Mathematical Preliminaries. ( Solutions )
Problem-set-2: Review of Electrostatics. ( Solutions )
Problem-set-3: Multipole expansion in Electrostatics, review of Magnetostatics. ( Solutions )
Problem-set-4: Magnetic dipole, dipole-dipole interaction, Faraday's law. ( Solutions )
Problem-set-5: Energy and momentum conservation laws. (Solutions)
Problem-set-6: Radiation. (This assignment contains selected solutions)
Problem-set-7: Relativistic formulation of Electrodynamics (Selected solutions).
Assignment for evaluation: To be submitted by 22nd Nov 12:00 noon.
An interesting Essay by Freeman Dyson.
Einstein's 1905 special relativity paper "ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES". Note the first (highlighted) paragraph.
See this wikipedia page for a demonstration of Terrell rotation.
Particulars about the essay:
In the final week of this course, you will have to submit `an essay' on any chosen topic on "Electrodynamics". The choice would be completely up to you. It can be something very mundane like a summary of what you have learned in the course. It can also be an extensive exploration of any special topic related to Electrodynamics, which attracts your interest. You don't have to be limited by the syllabus for choosing this topic, but it must be related to Electrodynamics. This is completely open-ended. It is an opportunity to showcase your innovative ideas, thinking, and interest.
Note that by `an essay' I mean a scientific report. It can have (should have rather) equations, plots, or anything which you wish to include. The minimum length of this essay would be 3 pages (3 sides). There would be no upper limit. Preferably, the document should be typed (use latex or word or anything that you are comfortable with). If you are very confident with your handwriting, it can also be a handwritten note.
Kindly start working on the essay early (as soon as about 50-60% of the course is over). Don't keep it for the last day.
You will be heavily penalized if it is found that you have "copied" directly (word-to-word) either from a classmate or from the internet.
Important dates:
Class exam dates: 7th October 2020 Wednesday (11 am -12 noon), 30th Oct 2020 Friday (8 am - 9 am), 20th November Friday (8 am - 9 am).
Note that a compensatory test for the class-exam-I will be conducted at a suitable date, for a selected number of students. But the other two dates for class exam are final and would be mandatory for all the students.
Last date for submission of essay: 20th November (Midnight).
Keep an eye here for any announcements related to this course.