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Physics 104 Prof. Yost's Class Notes Spring 2008
Prof. Yost's Precepts Syllabus BlackBoard WebAssign Physics 105

Class notes from my 104 precepts will be posted here as a convenience to students. They are in PDF format. The notes were not intended for presentation, so they do not contain all of the material you may have seen in class. I have cleaned them up a little and added some effects to make them more readable, however. Also, I have two precepts, which in principle can discuss different topics (in response to questions or other influences), so the notes are a hybrid of the two: you may see pages that you don't remember. They were used in the other class, or perhaps presented on a different day. Some problems may be used for which the solutions are not intended to be posted. Those will be edited from the notes. Also, since the notes are under development, there may be a several day delay before they are posted. I strongly suggest taking notes in class, and not waiting for these notes. You will learn more by actively taking notes in class, and your notes will probably be more complete than these.


Week 2 Feb. 11 Feb. 13: Gauss's Law Feb. 15: Electric Potential
Week 3 Feb. 18: Determining Charge, Flux Feb. 20: Electric Potential: In-Class Problem Feb. 22: Capacitance and Field Energy
Week 4 Feb. 25: Capacitors and Dielectrics Feb. 27: Current and Resistance Feb. 29: DC Circuits
Week 5 Mar. 3: RC Circuits Mar. 5: Magnetic Fields I Mar. 7: Magnetic Fields II
Week 6 Mar. 10 Mar. 12: Ampere's Law I Mar. 14: Ampere's Law II
Week 7 Mar. 24: Exam Review Mar. 26: Faraday's Law Mar. 28: Inductance
Week 8 Mar. 31: Magnetic Induction: In-Class Problems Apr. 2: LR Circuits Apr. 4: LC Circuits
Week 9 Apr. 7: LRC Circuits: Damped Oscillators Apr. 9: AC Circuits: Impedance Apr. 11: AC Circuits: Resonance and Power
Week 10 Apr. 14: AC Circuits: Power and Review Apr. 16: Displacement Current Apr. 18: Maxwell's Equations
Week 11 Apr. 21: EM Waves: Power and Intensity Apr. 23: EM Waves: Poynting Vector, Pressure, Momentum Apr. 25: EM Waves: Polarization and Diffraction
Week 12 Apr. 28: Diffraction Part 2 Apr. 30: Diffraction and Refraction May 2: Refraction and Review

Prof. S.A. Yost Dept. of Physics Princeton University