Electrostatics:
- Coulomb's law; the electric field E; charge distributions; Gauss law, where fields are defined based on their force, calculate fields from given charge distriubutions
- the scalar potential; electrostatic energy; conductors; capacitance
- method of images, for boundary value problems,
- the electric dipole; polarisation; bound charges; The D-field; dielectrics; permittivity; the interaction of the electric field with material.
- current density; conductivity; resistance; Joule's law.
Magnetostatics and induction:
- Biot-Savart's law; the magnetic field B; the continuity equation; Ampère's law; the vector potential; The B-field defined from its force; calculate magnetic fields from a given stationary current density
- the magnetic dipole; magnetisation; bound current density; The H-field; permeability; magnetic field interaction with materials.
- electromotive force; the induction law; inductance; magnetic energy.
After a pass mark on course, the student shall from a description of an electromagnetic problem be able to
- solve electrostatic problems by choosing correct method, analyse the problem with correctly applied theory and mathematical tools (vector algebra, integral calculus, approximations), to obtain and present correct results, and evaluate the plausability of the results.
- solve magnetostatic problems and induction problems by choosing correct method, analyse the problem with correctly applied theory and mathematical tools (vector algebra, integral calculus, approximations), to obtain and present correct results, and evaluate the plausability of the results.
Note that ’solve problems’ in the intended learning outcomes above means also that based on an appropriate part of Maxwell's equations by means of e g vector calculus, integral calculus and differential calculus be able to show how, in the electromagnetism, known expressions are related to one another. For example, Gauss law on integral form should be able to be derived based on the differential equation.