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Volume 58, Issue 6
June 1990
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Hermann von Helmholtz and his student in absentia—C. V. Raman
S. Ramaseshan
Am. J. Phys. 58, 519 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16437
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Using the variational principle to prove the existence of bound states: A remark
J. Fernando Perez; C. P. Malta; F. A. B. Coutinho
Am. J. Phys. 58, 519 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16438
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Comment on Adler’s ‘‘Realism and/or physics’’
Douglas M. Snyder
Am. J. Phys. 58, 520 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16439
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Editorial

Editorial: An acknowledgment to AJP’s reviewers
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 58, 521–522 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16440
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Awards

American Association of Physics Teachers: Citations for Distinguished Service for 1990
Am. J. Phys. 58, 523–524 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16441
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Papers

Resource Letter MNG‐1: Measurements of Newtonian gravitation
G. T. Gillies
Am. J. Phys. 58, 525–534 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16442
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The force between two charged wires
Richard H. Price; Richard P. Phillips
Am. J. Phys. 58, 534–539 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16443
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Right and wrong use of the Lenz vector for non‐Newtonian potentials
K. T. McDonald; Carlos Farina; Alexandre Tort
Am. J. Phys. 58, 540–542 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16444
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Faraday rotation in the undergraduate advanced laboratory
Frank L. Pedrotti; Peter Bandettini
Am. J. Phys. 58, 542–545 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16445
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A 0.7‐mW magnetic heat engine
P. G. Mattocks
Am. J. Phys. 58, 545–548 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16446
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Phase‐plane methods for central orbits
N. Anderson; G. R. Walsh
Am. J. Phys. 58, 548–551 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16447
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Subjective measurement of resolution of a slit‐limited eye
Carol L. Miles
Am. J. Phys. 58, 552–554 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16495
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A rigorous lower bound for the ground‐state energy of the hydrogen atom
Zhang Yue
Am. J. Phys. 58, 554–556 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16448
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Spectrum analysis of optical resonators
Norman Whitlatch
Am. J. Phys. 58, 556–560 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16449
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Green’s functions and a hierarchy of sum rules for the eigenvalues of confining potentials
C. V. Sukumar
Am. J. Phys. 58, 561–565 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16505
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Successive reflections of a light beam on a pair of plane mirrors
Héctor Covarrubias M.
Am. J. Phys. 58, 565–567 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16450
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A computing laboratory for introductory quantum mechanics
Jesusa V. Kinderman
Am. J. Phys. 58, 568–573 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16451
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The motion of an accelerating automobile
M. G. Calkin
Am. J. Phys. 58, 573–575 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16430
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On a simple derivation of the Fresnel diffraction formula and a transfer function approach to wave propagation
Partha P. Banerjee; Ting‐Chung Poon
Am. J. Phys. 58, 576–579 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16431
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Interference patterns from circularly polarized light using a Michelson interferometer
Walter Roy Mellen
Am. J. Phys. 58, 580–581 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16432
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Fractal gases of zero momentum with respect to all inertial frames
Guy S. M. Moore
Am. J. Phys. 58, 581–584 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16407
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Equation‐solving software packages: Uses in the undergraduate curriculum
Denis Donnelly
Am. J. Phys. 58, 585–589 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16408
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Correlated wavefunction of two particles in an infinite well with a delta repulsion
J. R. Mohallem; L. M. Oliveira
Am. J. Phys. 58, 590–592 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16409
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Notes and Discussions

A 360° rainbow demonstration
Harold A. Daw
Am. J. Phys. 58, 593–595 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16410
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Localization of fringes by the pair of images method: Wedge fringes versus Newton’s rings
G. P. Sastry; R. S. Saraswat
Am. J. Phys. 58, 595–598 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16411
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Improved version of a linear momentum conservation experiment
C. L. Cook
Am. J. Phys. 58, 599–600 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16412
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Verifying Ampere’s law
Joseph Priest
Am. J. Phys. 58, 600–601 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16413
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Book Reviews

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953–1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission
Richard G. Hewlett; Jack M. Holl; David Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 58, 602–603 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16414
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The Three Hiroshima Panoramas, Photography of October, 1945
William L. Trousdale
Am. J. Phys. 58, 604 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16415
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POST‐USE REVIEW: Physics
Richard Wolfson; Jay M. Pasachoff; Amy J. Kolan; James Cederberg
Am. J. Phys. 58, 605–606 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16417
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The Sun: An Introduction
Michael Stix; Raymond E. Rusk
Am. J. Phys. 58, 606–607 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16494
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An Institute for an Empire: The Physikalisch−Technische Reichsanstalt, 1871−1918
David Cahan; Zuoyue Wang
Am. J. Phys. 58, 604–605 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16416
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