PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:00 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS
            
            Lecture Day  Date     Topics
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              1.     M   8/24     Coulomb's Law
              2.     W   8/26     The Electric Field
              3.     F   8/28     Continuous Charge Distributions
              4.     M   8/31     Motion in an Electric Field
              5.     W   9/02     Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
              6.     F   9/04     Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry
                     M   9/07     LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
              7.     W   9/09     Other Symmetries; Conductors
              8.     F   9/11     Surface Charges on Conductors
              9.     M   9/14     Electric Potential Energy
                     W   9/16     TEST #1 (lectures 1-8)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 9/22
             10.     F   9/18     Electric Potential I
             11.     M   9/21     Electric Potential II
             12.     W   9/23     Conductors and Potentials
             13.     F   9/25     Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors
             14.     M   9/28     Combinations of Capacitors
             15.     W   9/30     Dielectrics
             16.     F  10/02     Induced Charge in a Dielectric
             17.     M  10/05     Current and Resistance
                     W  10/07     TEST #2 (lectures 9-16)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 10/13  
             18.     F  10/09     Electric Power; EMF
             19.     M  10/12     Kirchhoff's Rules for Circuits
             20.     W  10/14     Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
             21.     F  10/16     Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles
             22.     M  10/19     The Biot-Savart Law
             23.     W  10/21     Ampere's Law
             24.     F  10/23     Solenoids and Toroids
             25.     M  10/26     Faraday's Law - Qualitative; Eddy Currents
                     W  10/28     TEST #3 (lectures 17-24)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/03
             26.     F  10/30     Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity
             27.     M  11/02     Motional EMF; Induced E Fields
             28.     W  11/04     Generators and Motors
             29.     F  11/06     Inductance; Energy in the B Field
             30.     M  11/09     Mutual Inductance; Transformers
                     W  11/11     VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY
             31.     F  11/13     Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current
             32.     M  11/16     Exponential Decay in RC and LR Circuits
             33.     W  11/18     Asymptotic Growth in RC and LR Circuits
                     F  11/20     TEST #4 (lectures 25-31)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/25
             34.     M  11/23     LC Circuits; LRC Circuits     
             35.     W  11/25     Circuits with an AC Generator
                     F  11/27     THANKSGIVING FRIDAY
             36.     M  11/31     Power in AC Circuits; Resonance
             37.     W  12/02     Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
             38.     F  12/04     Intensity of EM Waves; Evaluations
                     M  12/07     TEST #5 (lectures 32-38)
                                  You may retrieve your graded TEST 5
                                  from your recitation instructor on
                                  reading day 12/09.
            
       FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) MON 12/14  12:10- 2:00 PM