Andre-Marie Ampère

The Experimental Study Group Physics at ESG - Fall 2004 8.02 - Independent Study

James Clerk Maxwell

The material on this page, under continuous construction, is for MIT students at the Experimental Study Group enrolled in 8.02 - Electricity and Magnetism. Please note that this material will NOT be the same as that used in 8.02-TEAL.

Some other ESG E&M subjects are linked from Freshman Physics at ESG - Electricity and Magnetism.

ESG Mechanics subjects are linked from Freshman Physics at ESG.

Some might want to look ahead to application of E&M to Vibrations and Waves, known at MIT as 8.03. Here's a link to 8.03 - ESG, mainly a collection of supplemental notes and other material.

Anyone taking physics at MIT, at any level, will want to bookmark the The Review of Particle Physics Tables from the Particle Data Group. More physical constants than you're likely to need for 8.02, but it's good to know where to find such things.

Couse Material

• Introduction, XDVI or PDF
  The materials have been updated for use with University Physics, eleventh edition.
  For those with older editions, recommended problems from either the Eighth or Ninth edition are here.
  If you use the Eighth edition, please note the correction

  

  to a formula in Appendix B.

• Syllabus, XDVI or PDF
  Essentially the Unit titles on one page.

• Required Math for 8.02IS and A Note on Notation, XDVI or PDF.
  8.02IS really is different in this respect.

• Other Neat Stuff
  • The Review of Particle Physics Tables from the Particle Data Group, mentioned above.
  • Some 8.02-ESG notes from previous terms. These links will be updated as needed.
  • Using Maple for ESG subjects. This may be useful; specifics will be given when the material update is being done.

Unit Material

• Unit 1 - Electrostatics, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 2 - Gauss's Law, XDVI or PDF
  The proper use of apostrophe(s) to denote the possesive is an active discussion.

• Unit 3 - Electric Potential, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 4 - Work and Energy, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 5 - Conductors, XDVI or PDF
  A partial table of vector differential operators is on the last page of the unit material. A more complete table is at Basic Vector Operators, XDVI or PDF.
  This unit uses "Physics Math" without apology. For a non-apologetic explanation of the math we avoid, see Unit5; Mathematical Appendix, XDVI or PDF. This appendix is purely optional, but perhaps interesting, and is mainly for those with some familiarity with Differential Equations at the 18.03 level.
  A related WORK IN PROGRESS is Coordinate-Free Representations of Vector Derivative Operators, XDVI or PDF.

• Unit 6 - Capacitance and Dielectrics, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 7 - Current and Resistance, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 8 - Electromotive Force and Circuits, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 9 - The Magnetic Field, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 10 - Ampère's Law, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 11 - Faraday's Law, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 12 - Inductance, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 13 - Magnetic Properties of Matter, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 14 - AC Circuits, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 15 - Maxwell's Equations, XDVI or PDF

• Unit 16 - Electromagnetic Waves and Light, XDVI or PDF
  Can't let this go without visiting Albert.

The above portraits and all biographies are from the Indexes of Biographies, maintained by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews.
If you're wondering why at physics page borrows from the mathematicians, well, this is ESG (but see what they say about Faraday).

If you have any questions about the material on this page while we're updating things, contact Craig Watkins at mit.edu.