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| Introduction to the Dover Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Fundamentals of Static Electromagnetism | |
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| Units | |
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| The Laws of Coulomb and Gauss | |
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| Dielectric Media | |
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| The Laws of Biot-Savart and Amp�re | |
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| The Lorentz Force | |
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| Magnetic Materials | |
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| Summary of Equations for Static Fields | |
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| Boundary Conditions on the Field Vectors | |
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| Point Charges and the Delta-Function | |
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| Problems | |
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| Multipole Fields | |
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| The Electric Dipole | |
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| Multipole Expansion of the Potential | |
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| The Dipole Potential | |
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| The Quadrupole Potential and the Quadrupole Moment | |
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| Further Remarks Concerning Electric Multipoles | |
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| Magnetic Multipoles | |
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| Magnetic Scalar Potential and Fictitious Poles | |
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| Magnetic Circuits and the Magnetic Ohm's Law | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Equations of Laplace and Poisson | |
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| General Properties of Harmonic Functions | |
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| Laplace's Equation in Rectangular Coordinates | |
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| Laplace's Equation in Spherical Coordinates | |
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| Spherical Harmonics | |
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| Laplace's Equation in Cylindrical Coordinates | |
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| Numerical Evaluation of Laplace Solutions | |
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| Poisson's Equation-The Space-Charge-Limited Diode | |
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| Problems | |
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| Dynamic Electromagnetism | |
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| Conservation of Charge and the Equation of Continuity | |
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| Electromagnetic Induction | |
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| Maxwell's Modification of Amp�re's Law | |
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| Maxwell's Equations | |
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| Potential Functions of the Electromagnetic Field | |
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| Energy in the Electromagnetic Field | |
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| Electrostatic Energy and Coefficients of Potential | |
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| The Maxwell Stress Tensor | |
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| The Lagrange Function for a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field | |
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| Electromagnetism and Relativity | |
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| Problems | |
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| Electromagnetic Waves | |
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| Plane Electromagnetic Waves in Nonconducting Media | |
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| Polarization | |
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| Poynting's Vector for Complex Fields | |
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| Radiation Pressure | |
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| Plane Waves in Conducting Media | |
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| Current Distribution in Conductors-The Skin Effect | |
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| Problems | |
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| Reflection and Refraction | |
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| Reflection and Transmission for Normal Incidence on a Dielectric Medium | |
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| Oblique Incidence-The Fresnel Equations | |
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| Total Internal Reflection | |
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| Reflection from a Metallic Surface | |
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| Refraction into a Conducting Medium | |
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| Problems | |
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| Waveguides | |
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| Two-Conductor Transmission Lines | |
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| Propagation of Waves Between Conducting Planes | |
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| Waves in Hollow Conductors | |
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| TE and TM Waves | |
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| Rectangular Waveguides | |
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| Optical Fibers | |
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| Problems | |
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| Retarded Potentials and Fields and Radiation by Charged Particles | |
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| Retarded Potentials | |
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| Retarded Fields | |
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| The Li�nard-Wiechert Potentials | |
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| The Li�nard-Wiechert Fields | |
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| Fields Produced by a Charged Particle in Uniform Motion | |
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| Radiation from an Accelerated Charged Particle at Low Velocities | |
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| Radiation from a Charged Particle with Collinear Velocity and Acceleration | |
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| Radiation from a Charged Particle Confined to a Circular Orbit | |
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| Problems | |
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| Antennas | |
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| Radiation by Multipole Moments | |
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| Electric Dipole Radiation | |
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| Complete Fields of a Time-Dependent Electric Dipole | |
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| Linear Antennas | |
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| Antenna Directivity and Effective Area | |
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| Electric Quadrupole Radiation | |
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| Antenna Arrays | |
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| Magnetic Dipole Radiation | |
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| Problems | |
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| Classical Electron Theory | |
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| Scattering of an Electromagnetic Wave by a Charged Particle | |
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| Dispersion in Gases | |
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| Dispersion in Dense Matter | |
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| Conductivity of Metals | |
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| Wave Propagation in a Plasma | |
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| The Zeeman Effect | |
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| Radiation Damping | |
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| Problems | |
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| Interference and Coherence | |
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| Wiener's Experiment and the "Light Vector" | |
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| Coherent and Incoherent Intensities | |
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| "Almost Monochromatic" Radiation | |
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| Interference by Division of Wave Fronts | |
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| Interference by Division of Amplitudes | |
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| Coherence Time and Lengths | |
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| Visibility of Interference Fringes | |
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| Multiple Apertures-Diffraction Grating | |
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| Multiple Reflections-Fabry-Perot Interferometer | |
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| Problems | |
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| Scalar Diffraction Theory and the Fraunhofer Limit | |
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| The Helmholtz-Kirchhoff Integral | |
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| The Kirchhoff Diffraction Theory | |
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| Babinet's Principle | |
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| Fresnel Zones | |
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| Fraunhofer Diffraction | |
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| Single Slit | |
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| Double and Multiple Slits | |
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| Rectangular Aperture | |
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| Circular Aperture | |
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| Problems | |
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| Fresnel Diffraction and the Transition to Geometrical Optics | |
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| The Fresnel Approximation | |
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| The Transition Between Wave and Geometrical Optics | |
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| Gaussian Beams and Laser Resonators | |
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| Problems | |
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| Relativistic Electrodynamics | |
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| Galilean Transformation | |
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| Lorentz Transformation | |
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| Velocity, Momentum, and Energy in Relativity | |
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| Four-Vectors in Electrodynamics | |
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| Electromagnetic Field Tensors | |
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| Transformation Properties of the Field Tensor | |
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| Electric Field of a Point Charge in Uniform Motion | |
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| Magnetic Field due to a Long Wire Carrying a Uniform Current | |
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| Radiation by an Accelerated Charge | |
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| Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field-Lagrangian Formulation | |
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| Lagrangian Formulation of the Field Equations | |
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| Energy-Momentum Tensor of the Electromagnetic Field | |
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| Problems | |
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| Vector and Tensor Analysis | |
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| Definition of a Vector | |
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| Vector Algebra | |
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| Vector Differential Operators | |
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| Differential Operations in Curvilinear Coordinates | |
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| Integral Theorems | |
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| Definition of a Tensor | |
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| Diagonalization of a Tensor | |
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| Tensor Operations | |
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| Fourier Series and Integrals | |
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| Fourier Series | |
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| Fourier Integrals | |
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| Fundamental Constants | |
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| Conversion of Electric and Magnetic Units | |
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| Equivalence of Electromagnetic Equations in the SI and Gaussian Systems | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |