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Volume 66, Issue 10
October 1998
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Radiation from circling relativistic charges: Comment on a paper by Gordeyev
Vladimir Hnizdo
Am. J. Phys. 66, 847 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18991
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A wake-up call from IUPP
Paul Scheie
Am. J. Phys. 66, 847–848 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18992
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The IUPP and the introductory calculus-based physics course
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 66, 847 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18995
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Editorial

The sign makes a difference!
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 66, 849–850 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19064
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Papers

The resonant excitation of a wineglass using positive feedback with optical sensing
Kenneth D. Skeldon; Valerie J. Nadeau; Christopher Adams
Am. J. Phys. 66, 851–860 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19031
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Mutual entrainment of two nonlinear oscillators
T. Heath; K. Wiesenfeld
Am. J. Phys. 66, 860–866 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18984
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Scattering of a Gaussian wave packet by a reflectionless potential
N. Kiriushcheva; S. Kuzmin
Am. J. Phys. 66, 867–872 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18985
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Example of mass–energy relation: Classical hydrogen atom accelerated or supported in a gravitational field
Timothy H. Boyer
Am. J. Phys. 66, 872–876 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18986
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Bound and unbound wave functions at short distances
Göran Fäldt; Colin Wilkin
Am. J. Phys. 66, 876–881 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18987
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The hydrogen atom as an entangled electron–proton system
Paolo Tommasini; Eddy Timmermans; A. F. R. de Toledo Piza
Am. J. Phys. 66, 881–886 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18977
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Landau resonance mechanism for plasma and wind-generated water waves
G. E. Vekstein
Am. J. Phys. 66, 886–892 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18978
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Energy conservation and chaos in the gravitationally driven Fermi oscillator
V. Lopac; V. Dananić
Am. J. Phys. 66, 892–902 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18979
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Simple nonlinear jerk functions with periodic solutions
H. P. W. Gottlieb
Am. J. Phys. 66, 903–906 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18980
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Development and assessment of a research-based tutorial on light and shadow
Karen Wosilait; Paula R. L. Heron; Peter S. Shaffer; Lillian C. McDermott
Am. J. Phys. 66, 906–913 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18988
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Using an E-mail tutorial and student seminars to improve an intermediate-level undergraduate physics course
J. D. Finch; L. N. Hand
Am. J. Phys. 66, 914–919 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18981
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Notes and Discussions

Nonlocal character of quantum theory?
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 66, 920–924 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18990
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Meaning of counterfactual statements in quantum physics
Henry P. Stapp
Am. J. Phys. 66, 924–926 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18989
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Comment on “A ball rolling on a freely spinning turntable” by Warren Weckesser [Am. J. Phys. 65 (8), 736–738 (1997)]
Luis Rodriguez
Am. J. Phys. 66, 927 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19043
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Thermodynamic processes with negative and positive compressibilities
A. Calvo Hernández; S. Velasco
Am. J. Phys. 66, 928–929 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18982
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Average position in Kepler motion
Manfred Bucher; David Elm; Duane P. Siemens
Am. J. Phys. 66, 929–930 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18994
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Showing dispersion for the dielectric permittivity of ice
Benjamin S. Perkalskis; J. Reuben Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 66, 931–932 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18993
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A simple overhead Denisyuk configuration for making reflection holograms with a diode laser
Grady J. Koch; Mulugeta Petros
Am. J. Phys. 66, 933–934 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18983
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Book Reviews

Perfect Form: Variational Principles, Methods, and Applications in Elementary Physics.
Don S. Lemons; Robert Weinstock
Am. J. Phys. 66, 935 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18996
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Lasers: Harnessing the Atom’s Light.
James P. Harbison; Robert E. Nahory; F. Ross Hallett
Am. J. Phys. 66, 935–936 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18997
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