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Volume 51, Issue 10

October 1983

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
The Back Of The Envelope
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Answers without chalk

Desmond Thackeray

Am. J. Phys. 51, 871 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13395

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Letter to the Editor

Harold P. Stephenson

Am. J. Phys. 51, 871 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13396

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Letter to the Editor

Helen Collins

Am. J. Phys. 51, 871–872 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13397

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Letter to the Editor

Shyamal Kumar Bose

Am. J. Phys. 51, 872 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13367

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Letter to the Editor

Mark M. Payne

Am. J. Phys. 51, 872 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13368

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Reply to Payne’s letter

John B. Hart

Am. J. Phys. 51, 872–873 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13369

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Deflection of a falling object

Lars Falk

Am. J. Phys. 51, 872 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13398

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The Back Of The Envelope

New Problems

Edward M. Purcell

Am. J. Phys. 51, 874 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755864

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Solutions to September Problems

Edward M. Purcell

Am. J. Phys. 51, 874 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755865

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Papers

Quasibound‐state resonances for a particle in a two‐dimensional well

B. F. Bayman; C. J. Mehoke

Am. J. Phys. 51, 875–883 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13370

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Nuclear physics in Rutherford’s laboratory before the discovery of the neutron

Lawrence Badash

Am. J. Phys. 51, 884–889 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13371

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Limitation on proper length in special relativity

Edwin F. Taylor; A. P. French

Am. J. Phys. 51, 889 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13372

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Zermelo, Boltzmann, and the recurrence paradox

Vincent S. Steckline

Am. J. Phys. 51, 894–897 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13373

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Bound states, virtual states, and nonexponential decay via path integrals

Barry R. Holstein

Am. J. Phys. 51, 897–901 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13374

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A computerized rotational motion experiment for the introductory physics laboratory

F. C. Peterson; S. A. Williams

Am. J. Phys. 51, 901–905 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13380

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Diffraction pattern intensity measurements in the introductory college physics laboratory using microcomputers

R. Soundranayagam; A. V. Ramayya; L. Cleeman; Mark Riecken; Nelson Fuson; John Springer

Am. J. Phys. 51, 906–909 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13381

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Elementary theory of perihelion precession

B. Davies

Am. J. Phys. 51, 909–911 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13382

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Ehrenfest theorem for angular displacement

Donald H. Kobe

Am. J. Phys. 51, 912–913 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13383

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Harmonically forced Cavendish balance

Glenn E. Shaw

Am. J. Phys. 51, 913–916 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13384

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Are acoustic intensity and potential energy density first‐ or second‐order quantities?

Boa‐Teh Chu; Robert E. Apfel

Am. J. Phys. 51, 916–918 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13385

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Anisotropy, inhomogeneity, and conservation laws

E. A. Olszewski

Am. J. Phys. 51, 919–925 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13386

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Inexpensive sources and detectors for microwave demonstrations

Yardley Beers

Am. J. Phys. 51, 925–929 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13387

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Refraction through a prism

Albert Feldman

Am. J. Phys. 51, 929–931 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13379

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Optical properties of dissipative media

J. D. Felske

Am. J. Phys. 51, 932–936 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13388

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A class of one‐dimensional relativistic band models

M. L. Glasser

Am. J. Phys. 51, 936–939 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13389

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Comments on virial theorems for bounded systems

Robert J. Swenson

Am. J. Phys. 51, 940–942 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13390

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A critical re‐examination of the Aharonov–Bohm effect

D. Home; S. Sengupta

Am. J. Phys. 51, 942–947 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13391

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Neutron propagation in moving matter

Asher Peres

Am. J. Phys. 51, 947–950 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13392

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The role of continuum states in perturbation theory

Viktor Urumov; G. J. Ivanovski

Am. J. Phys. 51, 950–952 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13393

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Notes and Discussions

A simple algorithm for Clebsch–Gordan coefficients

Donald H. Galvan; Samar K. Saha; Walter C. Henneberger

Am. J. Phys. 51, 953 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13394

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Apparatus Notes

A new optical transducer to measure damped harmonic motion

Erhard Feige; Thomas B. Clegg; John W. Poulton

Am. J. Phys. 51, 954–955 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13375

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Book Reviews

POST‐USE REVIEW: Newtonian Mechanics

A. P. French; Duncan McBride

Am. J. Phys. 51, 956–957 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13376

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Cosmology and Astrophysics—Essays in Honor of Thomas Gold

Yervant Terzian; Elizabeth B. Bilson; E. R. Harrison

Am. J. Phys. 51, 957–958 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13377

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Notes on Classical Mechanics

Bruce Arne Sherwood; James T. Cushing

Am. J. Phys. 51, 958–959 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13378

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