8.311 Electromagnetic Theory, Spring 2004
A coaxial transmission line. (Image adapted from a problem set by Prof. Leonid Levitov.)
Highlights of this Course
Course Description
Electromagnetic Theory covers the basic principles of electromagnetism: experimental basis, electrostatics, magnetic fields of steady currents, motional e.m.f. and electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations, propagation and radiation of electromagnetic waves, electric and magnetic properties of matter, and conservation laws. This is a graduate level subject which uses appropriate mathematics but whose emphasis is on physical phenomena and principles.