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Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, Errata For 8th Printing

This document provides a list of errors found in the 8th printing of Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition by J.D. Jackson along with the corrections. It notes page numbers where typos need to be fixed, such as incorrect page references in problems, missing parentheses in equations, and incorrect answers. The list verifies that all the corrections were included in the 8th printing from January 2002.

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Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, Errata For 8th Printing

This document provides a list of errors found in the 8th printing of Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition by J.D. Jackson along with the corrections. It notes page numbers where typos need to be fixed, such as incorrect page references in problems, missing parentheses in equations, and incorrect answers. The list verifies that all the corrections were included in the 8th printing from January 2002.

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Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, Errata for 8th printing

[Errors not corrected in the 7th printing of September 2001. .Sent to Wiley Jan 7, Jan 23,
and Feb 12, 2002. Verified as included correctly in the 8th printing, 12.02.02]

p. 48 - two lines above (1.79) - At beginning of line replace 1.21 with 1.22.

p. 54 - Problem 1.19 - last line, Change page numbers from 151-152 to 275-277.

p. 52 - Problem 1.14, end of 5th line up and beginning of 4th line up -


Replace [G( x,y ) G( x' , y )] with [G( x,x' ) G( x' , x )]

p. 55 - Problem 1.22 (b) - In last two equations, replace “S tilde” on LHS with F( 0,0)

p. 56 - Problem 1.24 (a) - Replace in second line with 4 0 .

p. 98 - last line - parenthesis missing on the left. Replace d[1 x 2 )l ] with d[(1 x 2 )l ]

p. 100 - second equation from the bottom of the page - left hand parenthesis missing in the
square bracket of the integrand. replace [ l 1)Pl 1 ....] with [( l 1)Pl 1 ....]

p. 141 - Problem 3.19 (c) - Summation index should be n, not m

p. 162, footnote - Replace Lorentz-Lorenz equation (1880) with Lorenz-Lorentz equation


(1869, 1880)

p. 231 - Answer for the interaction energy in Problem 5.25 (c) should read

W12 0 I1 I 2 d Re ei e 2i a2 / d 2

[This corrected answer appears in the fifth and sixth prinitings, but has been replaced
in the seventh printing by the original incorrect answer.]

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p. 293 - Problem 6.24 (b) - The first equation should read .B 0 O( I/ t 2 )

p. 296 - line below (7.6) - Replace “Using k v . . .“ by “Using k v . . .“

p. 326 - first footnote - Add reference: B. Segard and B. Macke, Phys. Lett. 109A , 213 (1985).

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p. 380 - first line of Eq.(8.108) - Change sign to E

p. 388 - line below Eq.(8.125) - Replace n 2 with n2 0


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p. 388 - second line in Eq.(8.127) - Replace the term H z on LHS with Ez .

(End of list)

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