Electromagnetism

The electromagnetic field, built up from Coulomb's law to the full set of Maxwell's equations — and the electromagnetic waves, energy flow and guided modes that follow.

This subject course follows the topic vertically, across the years it spans. The lessons are still being written — each is shown as a placeholder.

Year 1 — Electricity & Magnetism I

  1. Electrostatics and Coulomb's Law
  2. The Electric Field
  3. Gauss's Law (Integral Form)
  4. Electric Potential
  5. Conductors, Capacitance and Dielectrics
  6. Current Density and Resistivity
  7. Magnetic Force and Fields
  8. The Biot–Savart and Ampère's Laws
  9. Electromagnetic Induction, Quantitatively

Year 2 — Electromagnetism II — Maxwell

  1. The Continuity Equation
  2. Maxwell's Equations (Differential Form)
  3. The Displacement Current
  4. Electromagnetic Waves
  5. The Poynting Vector: Energy and Momentum
  6. Potentials and Gauge Freedom
  7. Boundary-Value Problems in Electromagnetism
  8. Electromagnetism in Matter
  9. Waveguides