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Volume 2: Classical Electrodynamics

Welcome to Volume 2: Classical Electrodynamics. This volume treats classical electrodynamics from fundamental field laws to Maxwell's unified equations, tailored for IIT-JEE (Advanced) and Physics Olympiads.


Chapters in this Volume

  1. 1. Electrostatics & Potential Theory
    Coulomb's law, continuous charge distributions, Gauss's law, spherical cavity uniform field theorem, electrostatic self-energy.

  2. 2. Conductors, Capacitors & Dielectrics
    Conductor boundary conditions, inhomogeneous dielectric slicing, electrostatic pressure, slab insertion pulling forces.

  3. 3. Current Electricity & Network Theorems
    Drude-Lorentz microscopic model, nodal analysis, 3D 12-resistor symmetry cube networks, Potentiometer sensitivity.

  4. 4. Magnetostatics & Ampèrian Loops
    Biot-Savart vector calculus, Ampère's circuital law, cylindrical magnetic cavity uniform field theorem, Helmholtz coils.

  5. 5. Magnetic Forces & Helical Trajectories
    Lorentz force F=q(E+v×B), helical spiral pitch, crossed E×B velocity selector & cycloid.

  6. 6. Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law
    Faraday-Lenz flux rule, motional EMF, sliding rod terminal velocity, non-conservative induced electric field loops.

  7. 7. Alternating Current & Resonant Circuits
    Complex impedance phasor formalism, series/parallel RLC resonance, Quality factor (Q), bandwidth, and power factor.

  8. 8. Maxwell's Equations & Displacement Current
    Ampère-Maxwell law, displacement current Id in charging capacitors, Poynting energy flux S, EM wave fundamentals.


Start Reading

Begin with Chapter 1: Electrostatics & Potential Theory or test your mastery with the Olympiad Problem Sets.