Electricity and Magnetism

A first course on electricity and magnetism given to second semester undergraduates at Surendranath College, Kolkata based on the syllabus prescribed by the University of Calcutta. The course contents can be found here (course code: PHS-A-CC-2-3). 

I was involved in teaching this course once, during Spring 2022 (jointly with Dr. Asok Das). The main references and the assignments can be found below. 

References:

1) Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths

This is the standard reference for almost any undergraduate first course on electricity and magnetism. The book is extremely well written and contains a good number of solved as well as unsolved problems. 

2) Classical Electricity and Magnetism by W. K. H. Panofsky and M. Phillips

Another excellent book with clear explanations and a more mathematical approach to electricity and magnetism with Green's functions. The topics of time-dependent fields (not covered in this course) are covered beautifully in this book. 

3) Classical Electrodynamics by J. D. Jackson

The notorious classic! The treatment boasts mathematical rigor and the problems are notoriously hard. Nevertheless, it can serve as a good reference material in addition to the two books mentioned above. 

Spring 2022

I had taught the modules 1-3, i.e., the portion on electrostatics. Assignments can be downloaded from the links below.

1) Electric Charges and Fields

2) Electric Fields in Matter  

3) Electric Potentials