DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS PH5020 Electromagnetic Theory Assignment 2 06.02.2013 (due: 13.02.

2013)

1. Consider a two dimensional rectangular region 0 x a, 0 y b. Show that the Green function, which vanishes on the boundary, can be expressed as 2 nx nx G(r, r ) = gn (y, y ) sin sin , a n=1 a a where the function gn (y, y ) satises the dierential equation 2 n2 2 y 2 a2 gn (y, y ) = 4 (y y ) ,

with the boundary condition gn (0, y ) = gn (b, y ) = 0. Solve the above dierential equation to determine gn (y, y ). 1 2. Derive the two dimensional form of Greens boundary vale theorem: if (x, y ) is the two dimensional potential, show that (r) = 1 2 0 G(r, r )(r )d2 r +
S

1 2

G(r, r ) G(r, r ) n dl ,
C

where S is the area bounded by the contour C and n is the outward normal unit vector. 3. Solve the Laplaces equation in the two dimensional region bounded by the straight lines = 0 and = , for some angle , subjected to the condition (r) = V0 on the boundary. (Here V0 is a constant). 4. Show that the Green function in the region described in the above problem can be expressed as: 2 G(r, r ) =
1

gn (, ) sin
n=1

sin

You may nd the following Fourier series expansion, for the Dirac -function in an interval 0 x a, useful: 2 nx nx (x x ) = sin sin . a n=1 a a

where gn (, ) satises 1 d d dgn d n2 2 gn (, ) 2 2 = 4 ( ) .

Show the the following expression for gn (, ) is a solution to the above dierential equation gn (, ) = 4 n
n/

( ) +

n/

( )

5. Use the above problem to nd the Green function appropriate for the Dirichlet boundary condition for the two dimensional region bounded by the lines = 0, = and = a. 6. If (r, , ) is a solution of Laplaces equation, show that (1/r)(1/r, , ) is also a solution.