Research Catalog

Title

Introduction to electrodynamics / David J. Griffiths.

Author

Griffiths, David J. (David Jeffery), 1942-

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Description

xv, 576 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Electrodynamics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Vector Analysis. 1.1. Vector Algebra. 1.2. Differential Calculus. 1.3. Integral Calculus. 1.4. Curvilinear Coordinates. 1.5. The Dirac Delta Function. 1.6. The Theory of Vector Fields -- 2. Electrostatics. 2.1. The Electric Field. 2.2. Divergence and Curl of Electrostatic Fields. 2.3. Electric Potential. 2.4. Work and Energy in Electrostatics. 2.5. Conductors -- 3. Special Techniques. 3.1. Laplace's Equation. 3.2. The Method of Images. 3.3. Separation of Variables. 3.4. Multipole Expansion -- 4. Electric Fields in Matter. 4.1. Polarization. 4.2. The Field of a Polarized Object. 4.3. The Electric Displacement. 4.4. Linear Dielectrics -- 5. Magnetostatics. 5.1. The Lorentz Force Law. 5.2. The Biot-Savart Law. 5.3. The Divergence and Curl of B. 5.4. Magnetic Vector Potential -- 6. Magnetic Fields in Matter. 6.1. Magnetization. 6.2. The Field of a Magnetized Object. 6.3. The Auxiliary Field H. 6.4. Linear and Nonlinear Media --
• 7. Electrodynamics. 7.1. Electromotive Force. 7.2. Electromagnetic Induction. 7.3. Maxwell's Equations -- 8. Conservation Laws. 8.1. Charge and Energy. 8.2. Momentum -- 9. Electromagnetic Waves. 9.1. Waves in One Dimension. 9.2. Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum. 9.3. Electromagnetic Waves in Matter. 9.4. Absorption and Dispersion. 9.5. Guided Waves -- 10. Potentials and Fields. 10.1. The Potential Formulation. 10.2. Continuous Distributions. 10.3. Point Charges -- 11. Radiation. 11.1. Dipole Radiation. 11.2. Point Charges -- 12. Electrodynamics and Relativity. 12.1. The Special Theory of Relativity. 12.2. Relativistic Mechanics. 12.3. Relativistic Electrodynamics. A. Vector Calculus in Curvilinear Coordinates -- B. The Helmholtz Theorem -- C. Units.

ISBN

013805326X (pbk.)

LCCN

98050525

OCLC

• 40251748
• ocm40251748

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries