2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Physics
Electromagnetism (Exercise) A
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Satoshi Adachi / Hiroaki Ishizuka
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue / 7-8 Fri
- Class
- A
- Course Code
- PHY.E215
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is complementary to the lecture course. After passing this course, the students will be able to account for the basic theory in electromagnetism such as vector analysis, Maxwell's equations, and related theorems and further be able to apply the theory by solving exercise problems.
Course description and aims
You will be able to solve problems of electromagnetism by using the vector analysis, Maxwell's equations and other related theorems.
Keywords
electric field, magnetic field, Maxwell's equations
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
A set of exercise problems will be given in every class session. The students are expected to solve all the problems by the next session. In class session, for each problem, a student will present how to solve it and field questions from the other students. The teacher will provide complementary explanation to the presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Vector analysis | To understand basics of vector analysis. |
| Class 2 | Surface intergal and Gauss's theorem | To understand Gauss's theorem and to solve practical problems with it. |
| Class 3 | Line integral and Stokes' theorem | To understand Stokes' theorem and to solve practical problems with it. |
| Class 4 | Maxwell's equastion I | To understand basic topics of Maxwell's equations. |
| Class 5 | Static electric fields | To understand Gauss's law for electric fields and to solve practical problems with it. |
| Class 6 | Multipole expansion | To understand multipole expansion of electrostatic potentials. |
| Class 7 | Laplace's equation and separation of variables | To understand how to use separation of variable for Laplace's equation. |
| Class 8 | Boundary value problems and method of images | To understand how to use method of images for Poisson equation with boundary conditions. |
| Class 9 | Static magnetic fields | To understand Biot-Savart law and vector potentials. |
| Class 10 | Maxwell's equations II | To understand advanced topics of Maxwell's equations. |
| Class 11 | Semi-static current and electromagnetic induction | To solve problems related to semi-static current. |
| Class 12 | Interaction between point charges and electromagnetic fields | To understand Lorentz force and to solve problems involving the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields. |
| Class 13 | Conservation laws of energy and momentum | To understand Poynting vectors and conservation laws of energy and momentum. |
| Class 14 | Electromagnetic waves | To solve problems involving electromagnetic waves. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards for each class.
Textbook(s)
Problem sets will be given.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Shigenobu Sunagawa, "Theory of Electromangetism" (3rd ed., Kinokuniya, 1999)
Shigenobu Sunagawa, "Electromangetism" (Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 1987)
J.D.Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley, 1998
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluated based on presentations and reports.
Related courses
- LAS.P103 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 1
- LAS.P104 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 2
- ZUB.E216 ： Electromagnetism II
Prerequisites
none