Electrodynamics: The Field-Free Approach: Electrostatics, Magnetism, Induction, Relativity and Field

Preface.- List of Symbols.- Formulae.- Basic principles.- Electrodynamic force.- Electric charges at rest - Electric force.- Uniform motion Magnetic force.- Accelerated motion - Inductive force.- Summary.- Electrodynamic energy.- Electric energy.- The voltage source.- Magnetic energy.- General inductance.- Faraday-Henry's induction law.-Electrodynamic force - updated.- Summary.- Macroscopic systems.- Electric dynamics.- Magnetic dynamics.- Summary.- Conductors and resistive effects.- The metal as a conductor.- Relaxation time.-Resistance.- Heat power.- The principle of charge conservation.- Summary.- Electric circuits. Measurement of capacitance using an RC circuit.- Measurement of inductance using an RL circuit.- The oscillation circuit.- Summary.- Electric and magnetic dipoles.- Electric dipole.- Magnetic dipole.-Summary.- Material properties.- Electric response forces.- Magnetic response forces.- General multipole interactions.- Measurements of material parameters.- Summary.- Motional consequences.- Magnetism as a motional consequence.- Induction as a motional consequence.- Special theory of relativity.- Summary.- Field theory.- Motivation.- The electric and the magnetic fields.- Dipoles.- Material effects.- Boundary conditions.- Maxwell's equations.- Potentials.- Power transportation - the Poynting vector.- Summary.- Antenna theory - the loop and the dipole.- The loop antenna.- The dipole antenna.- Antenna array.- Power transmission.- Summary.- Appendix A Electric multipoles.- A.1 Multipole expansion of the system V'.- A.2 Multipole expansion of the system V.- Appendix B Magnetic multipoles.- B.1 Multipole expansion of the system V'.- B.2 Multipole expansion of the system V.- B.3 Dipole - dipole interaction.- B.4 Results.- Appendix C Magnetic energy in the presence of a material.- Appendix D Solutions to Exercises.- Appendix E General magnetic Force Formulae.- Index.