DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS

PH5020 Electromagnetic Theory Assignment 2 28.01.2015 (due: 04.02.2015)

1. Using the Greens function technique, obtain the solution of the problem
d2 () ()
2
= , 0<<
d 0
subjected to the boundary condition (0) = A and () = B, where A and B are
constants.
2. Consider the electrostatic problem in a two dimensional region 0 x a, y 0
without any source. Show that the solution to the Laplace equation in the above
region with boundary condition

0 at x = 0, x = a (y > 0)
= V0 at y = 0 (V0 = const.)
0 for y

is given by

4V0 X (2n+1) y  (2n + 1) 
(x, y) = e a sin x .
n=0 a

3. Show that the above series can be summed to give

2V0  sin(x/a) 
(x, y) = tan1
sinh(y/a)
4. 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

nx0
 
0 2X 0
 nx 
G(r, r ) = gn (y, y ) sin sin ,
a n=1 a a
where the function gn (y, y 0 ) satisfies the differential equation
 2
n2 2


2
2 gn (y, y 0 ) = 4(y y 0 ) ,
y a
with the boundary condition gn (0, y 0 ) = gn (b, y 0 ) = 0. Solve the above differential
equation to determine gn (y, y 0 ). 1
1
You may find the following Fourier series expansion, for the Dirac -function in an interval 0 x a,
useful:

nx0
 
2X  nx 
(x x0 ) = sin sin .
a n=1 a a