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Volume 54, Issue 12

December 1986

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

More on Olympic records and g

George W. Ficken, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1063 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14842

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Higher voltage, less energy?

Robert E. Jones

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1063 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14843

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The role of referees

John W. Jewett, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1063 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14844

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‘‘Free‐particle’’ software

R. H. Good

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1064 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14737

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QED and Copernican epicycles

H. Aspden

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1064 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14845

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Abuses in salary reviews result from secrecy

Alex A. Berezin

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1064 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14846

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On the magnetic field of a solenoid

Minoru Harada

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1065 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14738

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Editorial

Editorial: The current challenge: Introductory physics

John S. Rigden Editor

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1067 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14739

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Papers

Rudolf Clausius and the road to entropy

William H. Cropper

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1068–1074 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14740

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A summer program for high school physics teachers

Patricia A. Heller; Russell K. Hobbie; Roger S. Jones

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1074–1079 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14741

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Casino physics in the classroom

Charles A. Whitney

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1079–1085 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14742

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pV cycle area equals work done: An undergraduate experiment

Daniel F. Dempsey; J. Keith Hartman

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1086–1088 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14719

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The Schrödinger equation in classical physics

Stanley M. Flatté

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1088–1092 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14720

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Resolution of a cosmological paradox using concepts from general relativity theory

Abraham N. Silverman

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1092–1096 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14721

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Solving classical mechanics problems by numerical integration of Hamilton’s equations

Daniel R. Stump

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1096–1100 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14722

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Using the virial theorem

Jean Sivardiere

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1100–1103 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14723

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The compressed hydrogen atom

Staffan Yngve

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1103–1106 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14724

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From wave to geometrical optics

N. Gauthier; P. Rochon; T. J. Racey

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1107–1110 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14725

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Current transformers

Rodney C. Cross

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1110–1113 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14726

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Microscopic observations on a kinetic Ising model

J. Marro; R. Toral

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1114–1121 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14727

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A basic acoustic diffraction experiment for demonstrating the geometrical theory of diffraction

B. Barry Narod; Matthew J. Yedlin

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1121–1126 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14728

Abstract

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On the radiation from point charges

H. A. Haus

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1126–1129 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14729

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An improved mechanical model to demonstrate the first‐ and second‐order phase transitions of the easy‐axis Heisenberg antiferromagnet

John E. Drumheller; David Raffaelle; Mark Baldwin

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1130–1133 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14859

Abstract

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Quantizing the damped harmonic oscillator

Bernard Yurke

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1133–1139 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14730

Abstract

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On the distribution of the nearest neighbor

M. Berberan Santos

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1139–1141 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14731

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Induced electric field from a time‐dependent current

Mark A. Heald

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1142–1143 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14732

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Frictional force and impulse measured in the slip method of determining inertial moment

Dale L. Schruben

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1143–1145 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14733

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An updated equipotential apparatus

D. E. Shaw; J. L. Dallas

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1146–1147 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14734

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Comment on ‘‘Demonstration of longitudinal standing waves in a pipe revisted’’ [Am. J. Phys. 53, 1110 (1985)]

George F. Spagna, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1146 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14865

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A note on the angular momentum operators

P. T. Leung

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1148 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14735

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A minimum time problem revisited

I. Richard Lapidus

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1148–1149 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14736

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Another proof of the random variable transformation theorem

B. Roy Frieden; Daniel T. Gillespie

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1149–1150 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14715

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Observing electrical transients with multimeters

Jay S. Huebner

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1150–1152 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14716

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Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe

Nathan Spielberg; Bryon D. Anderson; Art Hobson

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1156–1157 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14693

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Book Reviews

The Picture Book of Quantum Mechanics

Siegmund Brandt; Hans Dieter Dahmen; Edwin F. Taylor

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1153–1154 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14717

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Quantum Mechanics in Simple Matrix Form

Thomas F. Jordan; Kannan Jagannathan

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1154–1155 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14691

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Entropy in relation to incomplete knowledge

K. G. Denbigh; J. S. Denbigh; Ralph Baierlein

Am. J. Phys. 54, 1156 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14692

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