Electromagnetic Fields Theory Notes

1. Electrostatics

• Point charges and Coulomb’s law
• Gauss’ law
• Boundary conditions and surface charge

2. Magnetostatics

• Electric currents
• The continuity equation
• The Biot-Savart law
• The Lorentz force and the magnetic field
• Amp`ere’s law

3. Electrodynamics and Maxwell’s equations

• Maxwell’s displacement current
• Faraday’s law

4. Electromagnetic waves

• Monochromatic plane waves
• Polarization