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Contents

Preface  -  iv

Formula Sheet  -  v

Math Review -  1

       Vectors -  1

       Unit Vectors -  1

       Vector Operations -  1

       Differentiation -  4

       Integration -  4

       Densities -  5

Chapter 23, Charge and Electric Fields  -  6

       Charge -  6

       Insulators -  7

       Conductors -  7

       Charging -  7

       Polarization -  8

       Electric Field -  8

       Lines of Force -  9

       Point Charge -  9

       Particle Motion -  10

Chapter 24, Gauss's Law  -  11

       Flux -  11

       Gauss's Law -  11

       A Charged Conductor -  12

       Spherical Symmetry -  12

       Cylindrical Symmetry -  13

       Planar Symmetry -  13

Chapter 25, Electric Potential (Voltage)  -  14

       Electric Potential, or Voltage -  14

       Equipotential Surfaces -  14

       Potential Energy -  15

       Conductors -  15

       Ground -  16

       Particle Motion -  16

       Maxwell's Equations -  17

Chapter 26, Capacitance  -  18

       Capacitance -  18

       Dielectrics -  18

       Capacitor Geometries -  19

       Series and Parallel -  19

       Capacitive Energy -  20

       Electric Energy Density -  20

Chapter 27, Current and Resistance  -  21

       Current -  21

       Current Density -  21

       Power -  22

       AC and DC -  22

       Resistivity and Conductivity -  22

       Resistance and Ohm's law -  23

       Plumbing Analogy -  24

Chapter 28, Electromotive Force and Circuits  -  25

       Electromotive Force  -  25

       Circuit Rules -  25

       Voltage Differences -  26

       Series and Parallel -  26

       Batteries -  26

       Measuring Instruments -  27

       Grounding a Circuit -  27

       RC Circuit -  27

Chapter 29, What Magnetic Fields Do  -  29

       Magnetic Field  -  29

       Particle Motion -  30

       Magnetic Forces on Currents -  30

       Torque on Current Loops and Magnetic Dipoles -  30

       Hall Effect -  32

Chapter 30, How Magnetic Fields are Produced  -  33

       Ampere's Law -  33

       Gauss's Law for Magnetic Fields -  33

       Biot-Savart Law -  34

       Forces Between Currents -  35

       Displacement Current -  36

       The Ether -  37

       Maxwell's Equations -  38

       Magnets -  38

       Magnetic Intensity and Permeability -  38

       Atoms as Magnets -  39

       Ferromagnetism -  39

       Paramagnetism -  40

Chapter 31, Faraday's Law -  42

       Induced Currents -  42

       Lenz's Law -  42

       Many-Turn Loops -  43

       Motional Emf -  43

       Induced Electric Fields -  43

       Maxwell's Equations -  44

Chapter 32, Inductance and Circuit Oscillations -  45

       Inductance -  45

       Induced Emf -  46

       Loop Theorem Rule -  46

       Series and Parallel -  46

       Inductive Energy -  47

       Magnetic Energy Density -  47

       LR Circuit -  47

       Plumbing Analogy -  48

       LC Oscillations -  48

       Plumbing Analogy -  49

       Damped Oscillations -  49

Chapter 33, Alternating Currents -  51

       Forced Oscillations -  51

       Resistor Circuit -  51

       Capacitor Circuit -  52

       Inductor Circuit -  52

       Series RLC Circuit -  53

       Power -  54

       The Transformer -  55

Chapters 16-18, Waves -  56

       Traveling Waves -  56

       Sinusoidal Waves -  56

       Wave Speed -  56

       Transverse and Longitudinal -  57

       Standing Waves -  57

Chapter 34, Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves -  58

       Maxwell's Equations -  58

       Electromagnetic Waves -  58

       Energy and Power -  60

       Radiation Pressure -  60

Index  -  63


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Ross Spencer
Tue Apr 8 10:33:28 MDT 1997