Fundamentals of Electromagnetism : Vacuum Electrodynamics, Media and Relativity, (With CD-ROM)

This textbook is a revised and enlarged version of notes written for a one-semester course on electromagnetism. It covers the theory of electromagnetic phenomena in vacuum and in material media. In addition to the classical themes of electrodynamics, the book deals with some related subjects of particular current interest, such as superconductivity and numerical methods. Much emphasis is put on special relativity, in the covariant formulation of electromagnetism, and in the symmetry properties of the theory. The book includes a CD-ROM with didactic software, to solve boundary value problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics. The book is conceived in such a way as to guide the reader from the fundamentals of the theory to its most recent modern applications.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Historical Perspective of Electromagnetism
Chapter 2 : Relativistic Kinematics
Chapter 3 : Relativistic Dynamics
Chapter 4 : Electrostatics
Chapter 5 : The Poisson and Laplace Equations
Chapter 6 : Magnetic Field
Chapter 7 : Maxwell's Equations
Chapter 8 : Dynamic Fields and Radiation
Chapter 9 : Covariant Formulation of Electromagnetism
Chapter 10 : Fields in Material Media
Chapter 11 : Linear Material Media
Chapter 12 : Waves in Material Media
Chapter 13 : Electromagnetic Theory of Superconductivity

Appendix
A : The Dirac Delta Distribution
B : Legendre Polynomials and Spherical Harmonics
C : Covariant Notation and Tensor Calculus
D : Vector Identities, Theorems and Operators
E : Operation of PhysicSolver
Index