Classical Fields and Currents

• WHY FIELDS?
• AN EXAMPLE: THE TEMPERATURE FIELD
  • PROPERTIES OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD
• A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE: THE PRESSURE FIELD
  • PROPERTIES OF SOUND
• YOUNG'S DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT
• A NATURAL LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE WAVES
  • FOURIER'S THEOREM: WAVES ON A STRING
  • WAVES IN A BOX
  • HOW MANY MODES IN A BOX?
• FLOW FIELDS
  • CONSERVATION AND DIVERGENCE
  • CIRCULATION
  • THE DIVERGENCE OF A CIRCULATION
• SYNOPSIS