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1、ACompaniontoClassicalElectrodynamics3rdEditionbyJ.D.JacksonRudolphJ.MagyarFebruary5,2002cRudolphJ.Magyar.NoportionofthismaybereproducedforprofitwithouttheexpressedpriorwrittenconsentofRudolphJ.Magyar.1AlotofthingscanbesaidaboutClassicalElectrodynamics,thethirdedition,byDavid
2、J.Jackson.It’sseeminglyexhaustive,wellresearched,andcertainlypopular.Then,thereisageneralconsensusamongteachersthatthisbookisthedefinitivegraduatetextonthesubject.Inmyopinion,thisisquiteunfortunate.Thetextoftenassumesfamiliaritywiththematerial,skipsvitalsteps,andprovidestoofe
3、wexamples.Itissimplynotagoodintroductorytext.Ontheotherhand,Jacksonwasveryambitious.Asidefromsomenotableomissions(suchasconformalmappingmethods),Jacksonexposesthereadertomostofclassicalelectro-magnetictheory.EvenThomasAquinaswouldbeimpressed!Asareference,Jackson’sbookisgreat
4、!ItisobviousthatJacksonknowshisstuff,andinnoplaceisthismoreapparentthanintheproblemswhichheasksattheendofeachchapter.Sometimestheproblemsarequitesimpleorroutine,othertimesdifficult,andquiteoftentherewillbeundauntingamountsofalgebrarequired.Solvingtheseproblemsisatimeconsumingen
5、devourforeventhequickestreckonersamongus.IpresentthisCompaniontoJacksonasamotivationtootherstudents.Theseproblemscanbedone!Anditdoesn’ttakeFeynmanntodothem.Hopefully,withthehelpofthisguide,lotsofpaper,andyourownwits;you’llbeabletowrestlewiththeconceptsthatchallengedthegreate
6、stmindsofthelastmillenium.BeforeIbegin,IwillrecommendseveralthingswhichIfoundusefulinsolvingtheseproblems.•BuyGriffiths’text,anIntroductiontoElectrodynamics.It’swellwrit-tenandintroducesthebasicconceptswell.ThistextisatamorebasiclevelthanJackson,andtobebestprepared,you’llhavet
7、ofindothertextsatJackson’slevel.ButrememberRomewasn’tbuildinaday,andyouhavetostartsomewhere.•Obtainothertextsonthelevel(orneartoit)ofJackson.Irec-ommendVanderlinde’sElectromagnetismbookorEyges’Electromag-netismbook.BothprovidehelpfulinsightsintowhatJacksonistalkingabout.Butev
8、enmoreusefully,differentauthorsliketoborroweachothers’problemsandexamples.Ap
