PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:40 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS
            
            Lecture Day  Date     Topics
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              1.     M   8/20     Coulomb's Law
              2.     W   8/22     The Electric Field
              3.     F   8/24     Continuous Charge Distributions
              4.     M   8/27     Motion in an Electric Field
              5.     W   8/29     Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
              6.     F   8/31     Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry
                     M   9/03     LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
              7.     W   9/05     Other Symmetries; Conductors
              8.     F   9/07     Surface Charges on Conductors
              9.     M   9/10     Electric Potential Energy
                     W   9/12     TEST #1 (lectures 1-8)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 9/17
             10.     F   9/14     Electric Potential I
             11.     M   9/17     Electric Potential II
             12.     W   9/19     Conductors and Potentials
             13.     F   9/21     Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors
             14.     M   9/24     Combinations of Capacitors
             15.     W   9/26     Dielectrics
             16.     F   9/28     Induced Charge in a Dielectric
             17.     M   10/1     Current and Resistance
                     W   10/3     TEST #2 (lectures 9-16)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 10/8  
             18.     F   10/5     Electric Power; EMF
             19.     M   10/8     Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits
             20.     W   10/10    Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
             21.     F   10/12    Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles
             22.     M   10/15    The Biot-Savart Law
             23.     W   10/17    Ampere's Law
             24.     F   10/19    Solenoids and Toroids
             25.     M   10/22    Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents
                     W   10/24    TEST #3 (lectures 17-24)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 10/29
             26.     F   10/26    Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity
             27.     M   10/29    Motional EMF; Induced E Fields
             28.     W   10/31    Generators and Motors
             29.     F   11/2     Inductance; Energy in the B Field
             30.     M   11/5     Mutual Inductance; Transformers
             31.     W   11/7     Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current
             32.     F   11/9     Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits;
                                  Evaluations
                     M   11/12    VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY
                     W   11/14    TEST #4 (lectures 25-31)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/19
             33.     F   11/16    Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits
             34.     M   11/19    LC Circuits; LRC Circuits
             35.     W   11/21    Circuits with an AC Generator
                     F   11/23    THANKSGIVING FRIDAY
             36.     M   11/26    Power in AC Circuits; Resonance
             37.     W   11/28    Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
             38.     F   11/30    Intensity of EM Waves; Polarization
                     M   12/3     TEST #5 (lectures 32-38)
                                  You may retrieve your graded TEST 5
                                  from your recitation instructor during
                                  his office hours.
            
       FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) Tue 12/11  10:00-11:50