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Outline of course

You have all presumably taken the standard undergraduate electromagnetism course in which Maxwell's equations are derived and explained. The basic aim of my course is to cover some material which is usually inadequately treated or omitted altogether in undergraduate courses. In fact, I intend to concentrate on three main topics:
  1. The relativistically invariant formulation of the laws of electromagnetism.
  2. The effect of dielectric and magnetic materials on electric and magnetic fields.
  3. The generation, propagation, and scattering of electromagnetic waves.



Richard Fitzpatrick 2002-05-18