Physics 106b - Winter 2009
ELECTRODYNAMICS
Tuesday and Thursday
10:30am - noon
107 Downs

For Physics 106C go here

Final Exam Information

Solutions posted here.

Instructor	Prof. Jim Eisenstein
	129 Sloan Annex
	x4649
	jpe at caltech.edu Office Hour: Tuesdays 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Teaching Assistants	Jaewon Song, jaewon at caltech.edu Chien-Yao Tseng, chienyao at caltech.edu Huan Yang, huan.yang07 at gmail.com Peter Hung, peterh at caltech.edu (examples sessions)
TA Office Hours	Office hours: Thursday 7-8pm, 425 Lauritsen Example sessions: Wednesday, 10-11pm, 107 Downs.

General Course Information

The second half of Ph 106b and all of Ph 106c are devoted to electricity and magnetism.  We will follow the book by Griffiths, beginning with Chapter 2, "Electrostatics". I am assuming that the material in Chapter 1 , "Vector Analysis", is familiar to you.  If not, you should study it.

PLEASE NOTE:  THE POLICIES IN THE E&M HALF OF 106B ARE NOT THE SAME AS IN THE CLASSICAL MECHANICS HALF.

Homework: Due at 4pm on Fridays. Place in tray outside Room 114 Sloan Annex.

Late Homework Policy: Extensions can be requested of the TA's, in advance of the assigment due date.  Assignments that are no more than 1 week late will receive 50% credit. 1 week late means by 4pm on the Friday following the one on which the set was originally due. 

You are welcome to turn in partial homework sets, either on time or within the 1 week late period.  However, you may not turn in some problems on time and some late; the late ones will not be accepted. In other words, for each problem set, you have one shot at turning in your work; judge for yourself how best to maximize your grade.

Extensions require a good excuse (family or health emergency, etc). A letter from the Dean, a health official, resident head, etc., may be required.

There is one "free late" for problem sets for the entire winter term of Phys 106b. If you already used it in the mechanics portion of the course, you cannot do so again.

Attendance:  You are strongly urged to attend class regularly.  There will be material presented in class which is neither in the book nor on the homework.  Such material may appear on the exams.

Grading: Grades in Ph106b will be determined, 50/50 from the Mechanics and E&M halves of the course. For the latter, the homework will count for 40% and the final exam 60%.

Exams: All exams in Physics 106b and 106c will be take-home style. You may consult your text (Griffiths), your class notes and graded problem sets and solutions posted on this website. If you missed a class you may use the notes taken by another willing student. No other written material may be consulted. No electronic symbolic math engines (e.g. Mathematica) may be used during the exam.

Homework Assignments:

Set 1	Due Friday, Feb. 20	Set 1 Solutions
Set 2	Due Friday, Feb 27	Set 2 Solutions
Set 3	Due Friday, March 6	Set 3 Solutions
Set 4	Due Friday, March 13	Set 4 Solutions