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Volume 56, Issue 12

December 1988

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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

Coevolution of science and capitalism

Lawrence Cranberg

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1063 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15356

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An offensive spin‐off from the strategic defense initiative

Louis A. P. Balázs

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1063 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15357

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Angular acceleration in central force motion

Jacob Neuberger

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1063 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15358

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Editorial

Editorial: Physics for nonscientists—A role for the visiting committee

Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1065 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15746

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Papers

The search for gravitational waves

Massimo Tinto

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1066–1073 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15747

Abstract

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A simplified proof of Bertrand’s theorem

Yoel Tikochinsky

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1073–1075 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15748

Abstract

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The new physics—Physical or mathematical science?

Robert L. Oldershaw

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1075–1081 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15749

Abstract

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Electromagnetic quantities and units derived from classical relativistic electrodynamics

Giovanni Mana

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1081–1085 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15750

Abstract

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Mapping the weak chirality of atoms

R. A. Hegstrom; J. P. Chamberlain; K. Seto; R. G. Watson

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1086–1092 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15751

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The total reflection of a compact wave group: Long‐range transmission in a waveguide

Robert F. Gragg

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1092–1094 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15752

Abstract

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Symbolic derivation of the electrodynamic Green’s tensor in an anisotropic medium

Werner Weiglhofer

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1095–1097 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15753

Abstract

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Precession of the perihelion of Mercury

Daniel R. Stump

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1097–1098 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15729

Abstract

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A calculus of variations demonstration: The gradient index lens

Kevin M. Jones; Scott Lundgren; Alak Chakravorty

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1099 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15730

Abstract

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Coulomb and Fermi holes in a two‐electron model atom

Jan Makarewicz

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1100–1104 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15760

Abstract

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An adiabatic reversible process

Raul Rechtman

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1104–1105 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15731

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Equilibrium configurations of parallel repulsive permanent magnets placed inside a circle

D. Pescetti; E. Piano

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1106–1109 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15732

Abstract

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The measurability of the kinetic momentum of a charged particle in a magnetic field

W. P. Healy

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1109–1113 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15733

Abstract

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Adiabatic and nonadiabatic processes in classical and quantum mechanics

Humphrey J. Maris; Quan Xiong

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1114–1117 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15734

Abstract

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Unbounded orbits of a swinging Atwood’s machine

N. Tufillaro; A. Nunes; J. Casasayas

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1117–1120 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15774

Abstract

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The effect of the mass of the center spring in one‐dimensional coupled harmonic oscillators

David L. Wallach; William Beatty; Karl Beisler; Peter Chronowski; Matthew Holloway; Robert Hutchinson; Diane Kacmarik; Raymond Lesko; James Lutz; Daniel Miller; Michael Sivak

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1120–1123 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15735

Abstract

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Critique and correction of the textbook comparison between classical and quantum harmonic oscillator probability densities

C. Leubner; Margot Alber; N. Schupfer

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1123–1129 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15736

Abstract

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The harmonic oscillator at finite temperature using path integrals

Å. Larsen; F. Ravndal

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1129–1133 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15737

Abstract

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On the harmonic oscillator inside an infinite potential well

J. L. Marin; S. A. Cruz

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1134–1136 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15738

Abstract

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On electric fields produced by steady currents

Harold S. Zapolsky

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1137–1141 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15739

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Notes and Discussions

Method of images and electrostatic screening by a polarized dielectric sphere

Clinton DeW. Van Siclen

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1142–1143 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15741

Abstract

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Phase and displacement in sound waves

Frank Munley

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1144 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15742

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The requirement of a sphere rolling without slipping down a grooved track for the coefficient of static friction

Qing‐gong Song

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1145–1146 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15743

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Comment on ‘‘Periastron precession in general relativity’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 85 (1987)]

I. M. Ganea

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1146–1147 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15744

Abstract

View articletitled, Comment on ‘‘Periastron precession in general relativity’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 85 (1987)]

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Comment on ‘‘Chaotic dynamics of a bouncing ball’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 939 (1986)]

R. L. Zimmerman; Sergio Celaschi

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1147–1148 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15745

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Canonical transformations and time reversal

C. H. Blanchard

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1148–1149 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15717

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Solution to a classical problem in electrostatics in Legendre polynomials expansion

G. A. Estévez; Basab B. Dasgupta; L. B. Bhuiyan

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1149–1151 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15718

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‘‘Atwood’s’’ oscillator

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1151–1153 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15719

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Book Reviews

H. A. Kramers: Between Tradition and Revolution

Max Dresden; Katherine R. Sopka

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1154 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15720

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Astrophysical Concepts, 2nd ed.

Martin Harwit; Thomas Arny

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1155 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15721

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Physics at Surfaces

Andrew Zangwill; Dale L. Doering

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1155–1156 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15722

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The Problems of Physics

A. J. Leggett; David Park

Am. J. Phys. 56, 1156–1157 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15723

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