This reference and workbook provides not only a complete survey of classical electrodynamics, but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show the reader how to apply abstract principles to realistic problems. The book will prove useful to graduate students in electrodynamics needing a practical and comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Inhalt

I Electrostatics.- 1 Introduction and Fundamental Concepts.- 2 Green's Theorems.- 3 Orthogonal Functions and Multipole Expansion: Mathematical Supplement.- 4 Elementary Considerations on Function Theory: Mathematical Supplement.- II Macroscopic Electrostatics.- 5 The Field Equations for Space Filled with Matter.- 6 Simple Dielectrics and the Susceptibility.- 7 Electrostatic Energy and Forces in a Dielectric.- 8 Foundations of Magnetostatics.- 9 The Vector Potential.- 10 Magnetic Moment.- 11 The Magnetic Field in Matter.- IV Electrodynamics.- 12 Faraday's Law of Induction.- 13 Maxwell's Equations.- 14 Quasi-Stationary Currents and Current Circuits.- 15 Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum.- 16 Electromagnetic Waves in Matter.- 17 Index of Reflection and Refraction.- 18 Wave Guides and Resonant Cavities.- 19 Light Waves.- 20 Moving Charges in Vacuum.- 21 The Hertzian Dipole.- 22 Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics.- 23 Relativistic-Covariant Lagrangian Formalism.- 24 Systems of Units in Electrodynamics: Supplement.- 25 About the History of Electrodynamics.