Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: June 1993 | ISBN-10: 9810206267 | ISBN-13: 978-9810206260

The materials for this series been selected from the examination questions for graduate students of the following institutions: University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin. This volume comprises 440 problems and is divided into five parts: electrostatics; magnetostatic field and quasi-stationary electromagnetic field; circuit analysis; electromagnetic wave; and kinetics of relativistic particle and electromagnetic field.

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• Paperback: 550 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9810206267
• ISBN-13: 978-9810206260
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real gem!!!, October 28, 1999

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This review is from: Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions) (Paperback)

The entire series is my savior. Each volume covers the material needed in the junior/senior level of physics. It truly has an emense selection of problems. I found that nearly all of my homework/exams were either exactly the same or merely a slight variation from one contained. I also have yet to find a single error, not even a sign error. One important thing is that it does need to be a supplement, as formulas are sometimes used without explicit reference to why. In general the reasons need to be found in an assigned text. My only gripe (and it is minor) is with the index...the index does not, in general, lead one to a relevent problem. For example, uses of Biot/Savart to solve this problem or that... The reason this is not a serious problem is that each topic has so many variations on the method/technique that it is simple enough to find at least a couple that are completely relevent. (given you know which section to look in)

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only Good If You Attend One of Those Universities, December 23, 2004

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This review is from: Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions) (Paperback)

This book is only useful if you attend one of the universities where the questions where adapted from. The problems cover only basic electromagnetics, it does not cover advanced electromagnetic problems such as scattering (physical optics, geometric optics/geometric theory of diffraction,...), mode-matcing, and integral equations. This book only helped me to review statics. Do not buy this book unless you want a basic refresher on electromagnetics.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most useful books I have ever purchased, January 16, 2002

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This review is from: Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions) (Paperback)

I purchased this book to assist me in my graduate courses using Jackson's text. Many of the homework assignments were actually problems taken from qualifying exams at different universites, so this book was very helpful for those problems. As for the Jackson problems, one will be lucky to find any help at all (too bad). I strongly recommend this to anyone who is pursuing a graduate physics degree, not only because it is an excellent handbook for the qualifying exam and homework assignments, but also because it is a very well organized source of information on the subject of Electromagnetism.

In addition to this text, I have also purchased the volumes on Quantum Mechanics and Mechanics. Both are as useful as this text, though I have to say that all of them lack a comprehensive index. There are also some errors, but they are few and far between. Also, these books do not provide background on any equations used. They may say something like "With the application of Schrodinger's Equation, this becomes...", yet in the same problem there may have been a step where De Moivre's theorem was applied and the authors have neglected to mention it. I suppose this is useful because if one is using the book as a study guide, it would not be instructive unless one was actually working out the problem, so it is up to the reader to uncover the little details.