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Details of PH1201 (Spring 2025)

Level: 1 Type: Theory Credits: 3.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
PH1201 Electricity and Magnetism Ananda Dasgupta,
Siddhartha Lal

Preamble
This is a basic course on physics. Along with PH1101 this is supposed to serve as an introduction to and overview of basic physics. This will start off at a level appropriate for students who have passed out of highschool. The emphasis will be more on providing the students with a flavour of the subject than on an in-depth exposition.

Syllabus
a)Line-, surface- and volume-integrals, Stokes theorem, Gauss theorem; (No proof, statement and
simple examples only)
b)Basics of Electricity and Magnetism: Recapitulation of Coulomb and Biot-Savart laws; Gauss,
Ampere, and Faraday's laws - both differential and integral versions; Uniqueness theorem(s);
c)Partial differential equations, separation of variables in simple cases. Introduction to Maxwell's
equations; Wave equation.
d)Line-, surface- and volume-integrals, Stokes theorem, Gauss theorem; Differential operators in
spherical and cylindrical coordinates.

References


  1. D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics (Extended) Volume I and II., Wiley India Pvt Ltd, (2006)

  2. R. A. Serway, J. S. Faughn and C. Vuille, College Physics Thomson Brooks Cole (2011).

  3. J. Wilson and A. Buffa, College Physics , Addison Wesley Longman (2011).

  4. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures in Physics, Narosa (2008).

  5. A. Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, Tata McGraw Hill (2009)



Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 2 Not Allowed
2 IP 4 Not Allowed
3 IP 6 Not Allowed
4 MP 2 Not Allowed
5 MP 4 Not Allowed
6 MR 2 Not Allowed
7 MR 4 Not Allowed
8 MS 2 Core
9 RS 1 Not Allowed
10 RS 2 Not Allowed

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