Syllabus
Textbook: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Vol. 2, 9th ed., (Wiley, 2010)
I. Current and Resistance
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Ohm's law
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energy and power in electric circuits
II. Circuits
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resistors in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules
III. Electrostatics: Forces and Fields
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electric charges
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Coulomb's law
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electric field and field lines
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point charge and dipole in E-field
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Gauss’ law
IV. Electrostatics: Energy and Capacitance
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equipotential surfaces
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calculating potential from field
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calculating field from potential
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capacitors in parallel and in series
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storing energy in E-fields
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dielectrics
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RC circuits
V. Magnetic Fields
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magnetic force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire
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torque on a current loop
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currents and magnetic fields, Ampère's law
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solenoids
VI. Electromagnetic Induction
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Faraday's law
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Lenz's law
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Self-induction
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RL circuits
VII. Alternating Current
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domestic circuits
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the transformer
VIII. Electromagnetic Waves and Light
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Maxwell's equations
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waves and particles
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speed of light
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atoms and light
IX. Geometrical Optics
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reflection and refraction
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ray tracing
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mirrors and thin lenses
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optical instruments: eye, magnifier, microscope, and telescope
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optical aberrations
X. Physical Optics
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polarization
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Young's experiment
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single-slit diffraction
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the diffraction grating
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circular aperture and resolving power