Class Electromagnetism I

The aim of the Electromagnetism Course 1 is to study electric fields constant in time, magnetic fields constant in time, and stationary electric current. More specifically, it is intended to transmit to the students the notion of field, the methods of determining the electric field, the notions of electric potential and electric energy; the notions of current intensity and current density, Ohm's law and the determination of electrical resistance, and the determination of capacitor capacities; the methods of determining the magnetic field (Ampère's law and Biot-Savart's law), the flux of the magnetic field, the vector potential, the magnetic energy and the solenoids.

1. The electric field
1.1. Concept of field
1.2. Electrical force: Coulomb's law
1.3. The electric field
1.4. Gauss's law
1.5. Electric fields in conductors and cavities
2. Electrical potential and electrical energy
2.1. The circulation of the electrostatic field
2.2. The electrical potential
2.3. Electric power
3. Electric current
3.1. Current intensity and current density
3.2. Ohm's law and electrical resistance
3.3. Condensers
4. The magnetic field
4.1. Magnetic force: Lorentz's law
4.2. Ampère's law
4.3. The Biot-Savart law
4.4. The flow of the magnetic field
5. Potential vector and magnetic energy
5.1. The potential vector
5.2. Magnetic energy
5.3. Solenoids

Notes from theoretical classes and the resolution of exercises are made available to students, in digital.
Computational methods are used extensively.

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• Fishbane, P. M., Gasiorowicz, S. e Thornton, S. T. (1996). Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Prentice Hall.
• Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. B., & Sands, M. L. (1963). The Feynman lectures on physics. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.