PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:00 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS
            
            Lecture Day  Date     Topics
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              1.     M   8/25     Coulomb's Law
              2.     W   8/27     The Electric Field
              3.     F   8/29     Continuous Charge Distributions
                     M   9/01     LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
              4.     W   9/03     Motion in an Electric Field
              5.     F   9/05     Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
              6.     M   9/08     Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry
              7.     W   9/10     Other Symmetries; Conductors
              8.     F   9/12     Surface Charges on Conductors
              9.     M   9/15     Electric Potential Energy
                     W   9/17     TEST #1 (lectures 1-8)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 9/22
             10.     F   9/19     Electric Potential I
             11.     M   9/22     Electric Potential II
             12.     W   9/24     Conductors and Potentials
             13.     F   9/26     Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors
             14.     M   9/29     Combinations of Capacitors
             15.     W  10/01     Dielectrics
             16.     F  10/03     Induced Charge in a Dielectric
             17.     M  10/06     Current and Resistance
                     W  10/08     TEST #2 (lectures 9-16)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 10/13  
             18.     F  10/10     Electric Power; EMF
             19.     M  10/13     Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits
             20.     W  10/15     Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
             21.     F  10/17     Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles
             22.     M  10/20     The Biot-Savart Law
             23.     W  10/22     Ampere's Law
             24.     F  10/24     Solenoids and Toroids
             25.     M  10/27     Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents
                     W  10/29     TEST #3 (lectures 17-24)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/03
             26.     F  10/31     Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity
             27.     M  11/03     Motional EMF; Induced E Fields
             28.     W  11/05     Generators and Motors
             29.     F  11/07     Inductance; Energy in the B Field
             30.     M  11/10     Mutual Inductance; Transformers
             31.     W  11/12     Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current
             32.     F  11/14     Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits
             33.     M  11/17     Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits
                     W  11/19     TEST #4 (lectures 25-31)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/24
             34.     F  11/21     LC Circuits; LRC Circuits     
             35.     M  11/24     Circuits with an AC Generator
             36.     W  11/26     Power in AC Circuits; Resonance
                     F  11/28     THANKSGIVING FRIDAY
             37.     M  12/01     Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
             38.     W  12/03     Intensity of EM Waves
             39.     F  12/05     Polarization of EM Waves; Evaluations
                     M  12/08     TEST #5 (lectures 32-39)
                                  You may retrieve your graded TEST 5
                                  from your recitation instructor on
                                  reading day 12/10.
            
       FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) MON 12/15  12:10- 2:00 PM