| Date | Notes |
| W 8/21 | Classes Begin: Introduction, Administrivia. Begin Chapter 1, Coulomb's Law. Electric field of long wire. |
| F 8/23 | Divergence of electric field. ∇⋅(x/r3); digression on δ-functions. |
| M 8/26 | More properties of δ-functions. Gauss's Law ∇⋅E = ρ/ε0 ; ∇×E = 0 |
| W 8/28 | Potential E = −∇Φ, Poisson's equation ∇2Φ = −ρ/ε0. Potential of long wire, renormalization. Ideal conductors. |
| F 8/30 | Electrostatic energy. Capacitance. |
| M 9/2 | Labor Day (no class) |
| W 9/4 | Green's identities. Uniqueness theorem. Green's functions, Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. Symmetry. |
| F 9/6 | Begin Chapter 2. Images in a plane, Green's function for { z > 0 }. Images in a sphere. |
| M 9/9 | Green's function for a sphere. Two hemispheres held at opposite potential, exact solution on-axis. |
| W 9/11 | Separation of variables in Cartesian coordinates. |
| F 9/13 | Cube with one face at V0 Fourier sine series for δ(x−x'). Begin Green's function for a square. | M 9/16 | Green's function for a square. |
| F 9/18 | Polar coordinates. Divided cylinder, summing the series. |
| W 9/20 | Harmonic functions |
| M 9/23 | (Guest lecturer Richard Woodard) Begin Chapter 3, Separation of variables in spherical coordinates. Legendre's equation, Legendre functions. |
| W 9/25 | Legendre polynomials: Rodrigues' formula. Orthogonality, |
| F 9/27 | Integral normalization, Beta functions. Recursions. Pl(cosθ), scaling. |
| M 9/30 | Pl(0), expansion of step function. Sphere with two hemispheres at opposite potential. Legendre expansion of Green's function. Spherical Harmonics.|
| W 10/2 | Addition theorem for spherical harmonics. Green's function for space between two spheres. |
| F 10/4 | Green's function between two spheres. Charged line segment within grounded sphere. |
| M 10/7 | Bessel functions. Asymototic behavior, series solution. |
| W 10/9 | Bessel functions, Neumann functions, Hankel functions. Recursions, zeroes. |
| F 10/11 | Bessel expansion of step function. Continuum domain. Bessel expansion of Green's function. |
| W 10/17 | Begin Chapter 4, Multipole expansion. Midterm Exam (8:00 pm) |
| F 11/8 | Homecoming (no class) |
| M 11/11 | Veteran's Day (no class) |
| M 11/25 | Gravasco Workshop |
| W 11/27, F 11/29 | Thanksgiving break (no class) |
| W 12/4 | Last day of class. |
| W 12/11 | Final Exam, 12:30–2:30pm (Exam Period 11C) |