Electromagnetism

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Electromagnetism, also known as Maxwell theory, is the science of one of the four fundamental forces in Nature and deals with the effects of electrical charge and the associated force fields and energies. Electromagnetism unites the concepts of electricity and magnetism. These two concepts and their relations form the core of this course, which ultimately can be expressed in the four fundamental laws of electromagnetism: Maxwell’s equations. Important components of the course are: 1. ELECTROSTATICS: Charge, electric forces, Coulomb’s law, the electric field, electric potential and energy; 2. (CLASSICAL) ELECTRODYNAMICS: Electrical flux, Gauss law; 3. MAGNETISM: Magnetic fields, magnetic flux, Gauss's law for magnetism; 4. MAXWELL’s LAWS: The four Maxwell equations and the Lorentz Force; 5. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND WAVES; 6. ADVANCED TOPICS. These topics are divided over the six lecturing weeks of the course.