Last modified: May 12, 2009

Homework Assignments

Physics 3202

Spring Semester 2009

• Homework 1

  • Covers the material from Chapter 7.1 of the textbook
  • Problems: 7.38 (10pt), 7.40 (15pt)
  • Reading: Resistance of a conical conductor (required for Problem 7.40b)
  • Computing: work through Python tutorial Minimal Python for Scientific Computing.
  • Visualization: visualize the field of an ideal electric dipole; use Mayavi tutorial for ideas.

    (possible solution; another solution which introduces the concept of functions.)

    Computing + Visualization = 20pt

• Homework 2

  • Covers the material from Chapter 7.2 of the textbook
  • Problems: 7.15 (10pt), 7.19 (10pt), 7.20 (15pt), 7.28 (10pt)
  • Computing: continue work through Python tutorial Minimal Python for Scientific Computing;
  • Visualization: visualize the field of a uniformly polarized dielectric sphere (10pt)

    (Hint: see Herman A. Haus and James R. Melcher, "Electromagnetism", Ch. 6.3, Eqs. 14, 15.)

    (Possible solution)

• Homework 3

  • Covers the material from Chapter 7.2 and 7.3 of the textbook
  • Problems: 7.53 (5pt), 7.54 (15pt), 7.58(a,b,c) (15pt)
  • Computing: continue work through Python tutorial Minimal Python for Scientific Computing;
  • Visualization: finish visualization parts of HW1 and HW2

• Homework 4

  • Covers the material from Chapter 8 of the textbook
  • Problems: 8.4 (10pt), 8.5(a,b) (10pt), 8.9 (15pt)
  • Visualization: visualize energy flow (Poynting vector) in Example 8.3 (10pt)

• Homework 5

  • Covers the material from Chapter 10 of the textbook
  • Problems: 10.4 (10pt), 10.5 (5pt), 10.6 (10pt), 10.21 (15pt)
  • Reading: Sec. 10.3.2 of the textbook

• Homework 6

  • Covers the material from Chapters 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 9.1-9.3 of the textbook
  • Problems: 7.58(d) (5pt), 9.12 (10pt) , 9.17 (15pt)
  • Reading: Sec. 9.3.3 of the textbook (required for Prob. 9.17)

• Homework 7

  • Covers the material from Chapters 9.4-9.5 of the textbook
  • Problems: 9.19 (15pt), 9.21 (10pt), 9.28 (10pt), 9.22(a) (10pt)
  • Reading: Sec. 9.4.3 of the textbook (required for Prob. 9.22)

• Homework 8

  • Covers the material from Chapter 11 of the textbook
  • Problems: 11.9 (10pt), 11.13 (10pt), 11.25 (15pt)

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