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An oral exam question.
Imagine you are a graduate student
at University XYZ, and are taking an oral exam. A professor asks you: An
electromagnetic wave propagating in a given direction passes through a region
of constant magnetic field with given strength and direction. How would you
calculate the resultant change in direction of the wave? What is your answer?

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