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Solved Problems in Classical Electromagnetism

Analytical and Numerical Solutions with Comments

J. Pierrus

August 2018

ISBN: 9780198821915

650 pages
Hardback
246x171mm

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Price: £69.00

Classical electromagnetism - one of the fundamental pillars of physics - is an important topic for all types of physicists from the theoretical to the applied. Although there are many books on this subject, hardly any are written in the question-and-answer style format adopted in this book.

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Classical electromagnetism - one of the fundamental pillars of physics - is an important topic for all types of physicists from the theoretical to the applied. Although there are many books on this subject, hardly any are written in the question-and-answer style format adopted in this book.

  • Contains nearly 300 questions
  • Combines theory and computational work in one book
  • Comments sections emphasize important conclusions and historical aspects
  • Question-and-answer format adopted
  • Most of the mathematical techniques are dealt with in Chapter 1 and in the Appendices

About the Author(s)

J. Pierrus, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

J. Pierrus has a background in experimental and computational physics. During the course of his career, he has published research in various areas including chemical physics, solid state physics, molecular optics and physics education. He has served as a reviewer for both the European and American Journals of Physics. As an experienced academic, he has developed teaching material in most areas of the core physics curriculum at the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he is a senior lecturer. He is a co-author of Solved problems in Classical Mechanics: Analytical and numerical solutions with comments, with this book being the second in that series.

Table of Contents

    1:Some essential mathematics
    2:Static electric fields in vacuum
    3:The electrostatics of conductors
    4:Static magnetic fields in vacuum
    5:Quasi-static electric and magnetic fields in vacuum
    6:Ohm's law and electric circuits
    7:Electromagnetic fields and waves in vacuum
    8:The electromagnetic potentials
    9:Static electric and magnetic fields in matter
    10:Some applications of Maxwell's equations in matter
    11:Electromagnetic radiation
    12:Electromagnetism and special relativity
    Appendix A:Vectors and Cartesian tensors
    Appendix B:Cartesian coordinates
    Appendix C:Spherical polar coordinates
    Appendix D:Cylindrical polar coordinates
    Appendix E:The Dirac delta function
    Appendix F:Legendre polynomials
    Appendix G:Bessel functions
    Appendix H:Parametric representation of a surface
    Appendix I:The Cauchy-Riemann equations
    Appendix J:Questions involving computational work

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