This page has homework assignments and solutions.
They are all from the course textbook, E&M, Purcell, 2nd edition, unless otherwise stated.
Please don't look at the solutions until after
you make a
serious effort to solve the problems on your own.
First week (10/1): Chapter 1 problems:
Problems #: 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 33
Solutions:
Second week (10/8): Chapter 2 problems:
Problems #: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 14, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, 31
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Third week (10/15): Chapter 3 problems:
Problems #: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24
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Fourth week (10/22): Chapter 4 problems:
Problems #: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 33
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Fifth week (10/29): Chapter 2 problems:
Problems #: 13, 15, 16
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Sixth week (11/5): Chapter 6 problems:
Problems #: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16
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Seventh week (11/12): Chapter 6 problems:
Problems #: 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38
For problem 38, assume the dust grain has charge 0.5x10^(-17)Coulomb
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Eighth week (11/19): Chapter 7 problems:
Problems #: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29
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Ninth week (11/26): Chapters 8 and 9 problems:
Chpt. 8 Problems #: 1, 2, 6, 8
Chpt. 9 Problems #: 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Tenth week (12/3): Chapters 9, 10 and 11 problems:
Chpt. 9 Problems #: 7
Chpt. 10 Problems #: 2, 3, 6, 8, 14
Chpt. 11 Problems #: 2, 4, 5
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