2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Physics
Electromagnetism（Lecture)
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroaki Ishizuka
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue / 3-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- PHY.E205
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course presents mathematical method of vector analysis as well as Maxwell eqautions of electromagnetic fields.
The aim of this course is to understand the basics of electromagnetics through practical problems.
Course description and aims
This course aims to understand classical electromagnetics through vector analysis.
Keywords
electric field, magnetic field, Maxwell equations
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course explains concepts using handouts and whiteboards.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Gauss's theorem and Stokes's theorem | Understand vector analysis |
| Class 2 | Maxwell's equations | Understand basic topics of Maxwell's equations |
| Class 3 | Electromagnetic potentials and gauge transformation | Understand basic topics of Maxwell's equations |
| Class 4 | Coulomb's law | Understand phenomena related to static electric field |
| Class 5 | Multipole expansion of electrostatic potential | Understand phenomena related to static electric field |
| Class 6 | Energy of static electric field | Understand phenomena related to static electric field |
| Class 7 | Boundary problems | Understand phenomena related to static electric field |
| Class 8 | Biot-Savart law | Understand phenomena related to static magnetic field |
| Class 9 | Multipole expansion of vector potential | Understand phenomena related to static magnetic field |
| Class 10 | Energy of static magnetic field | Understand phenomena related to static magnetic field |
| Class 11 | Semi-static current and electromagnetic induction | Understand phenomena related to static magnetic field |
| Class 12 | Interaction between charged particles and electromagnetic fields | Understand advanced topics of Maxwell's equations |
| Class 13 | Conservation laws of energy and momentum | Understand advanced topics of Maxwell's equations |
| Class 14 | Electromagnetic wave | Understand advanced topics of Maxwell's equations |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course materials.
Textbook(s)
We will hand out lecture notes before each class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Shigenobu Sunagawa, "Theory of Electromangetism" (3rd ed., Kinokuniya, 1999)
Shigenobu Sunagawa, "Electronagmetism" (Iwanami, 1987)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluated based on the final examination.
Related courses
- LAS.P103 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 1
- LAS.P104 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 2
- PHY.E212 ： Electromagnetism II
Prerequisites
None.