Problems and Solutions in Electromagnetics

by Ajoy Ghatak, K. Thyagarajan, R.K. Varshney

A collection of problems in electromagnetics for the undergraduate level, this book covers the basic as well as some applied aspects. Apart from fundamental areas like electrostatics, magnetostatics, wave propagation, reflection and refraction, the book also has problems in magnetic circuits, metallic waveguides and dielectric waveguides. Many of these problems have been evolved over the past decade of teaching the course to undergraduate students.The problems are at various levels of difficulty, starting from the simplest. Some of the problems should help the reader in further understanding the field and also in the application of the basic understanding. Along with the problems solutions to all the problems have been provided to help the reader to test his/her understanding of the concepts.

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Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Ajoy Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.Professor Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate text on Optics has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".
He received his M.Sc from Delhi University and Ph.D from Cornell University. After a short stint as a Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Professor Ghatak joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966. He retired as an Emeritus Professor of Physics at IIT Delhi in 2007.