Slides for lecture 1

Here are the slides for the first lecture. They contain the basic course information, a quick review of vector calculus, and some supplemental information. The last ~half of the lecture will be on the whiteboard, a "review" of Maxwell's equations in free space.*

It will be presumed that most of Ch. 2 in the Hecht textbook (wave motion) is somewhat familiar to you. The first HW set, posted shortly, will make sure of this.

The second lecture will cover electromagnetic waves in more detail, and start our discussion of radiation. The third lecture will cover radiation from accelerated charges (dipole, synchrotron, thermal), and scattering & dispersion. At this point, you will know why the sky is blue.

*It will be review if you have had PH331 or ECE340. If you have only had PH106 it will only be review for a little while, but you'll be OK.