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Volume 66, Issue 3
March 1998
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

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Teaching and research: Friends or foes?
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 66, 175–178 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19037
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Papers

Would a topology change allow Ms. Bright to travel backward in time?
Steven K. Blau
Am. J. Phys. 66, 179–185 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18841
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Numerical analysis of Bose–Einstein condensation in a three-dimensional harmonic oscillator potential
Martin Ligare
Am. J. Phys. 66, 185–190 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18843
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Copernicus and Martin Luther: An encounter between science and religion
Donald H. Kobe
Am. J. Phys. 66, 190–196 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18844
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The quotient function and its applications
I. V. Lindell; A. H. Sihvola
Am. J. Phys. 66, 197–202 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18845
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Almost rolling motion: An investigation of rolling grooved cylinders
Lawrence R. Mead; Frank W. Bentrem
Am. J. Phys. 66, 202–208 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18846
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Physics in the laundromat
Kirk T. McDonald
Am. J. Phys. 66, 209–211 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18842
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Student expectations in introductory physics
Edward F. Redish; Jeffery M. Saul; Richard N. Steinberg
Am. J. Phys. 66, 212–224 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18847
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Calorimetric determination of the work function
Yaakov Kraftmakher
Am. J. Phys. 66, 225–227 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18849
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Multipole expansion in magnetostatics
H. González; S. R. Juárez; P. Kielanowski; Mark Loewe
Am. J. Phys. 66, 228–231 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18850
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Evolving few-ion clusters of Na and Cl
K. Michaelian
Am. J. Phys. 66, 231–240 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18851
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On scale invariance and anomalies in quantum mechanics
A. Cabo; J. L. Lucio; H. Mercado
Am. J. Phys. 66, 240–246 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18852
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Short-range repulsion and symmetry of two-body wave functions
Jun Yang; Vladimir Zelevinsky
Am. J. Phys. 66, 247–251 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18848
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Notes and Discussions

Erratum: “Motion of articulated bodies: An application of gauge invariance in classical Lagrangian mechanics” [Am. J. Phys. 65 (6), 528–536 (1997)]
L. F. Lopez; F. A. B. Coutinho
Am. J. Phys. 66, 252 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18840
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Wave packets bouncing off walls
Mark Andrews
Am. J. Phys. 66, 252–254 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18854
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Integral equations and the simple harmonic oscillator
Gerardo Muñoz
Am. J. Phys. 66, 254–256 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18855
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Axial intensity distribution of the diffractive image of a point object
Benjamin S. Perkalskis; J. Reuben Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 66, 256–258 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18856
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Synchronous sonoluminescence in acrylic resonant chambers
F. B. Seeley; C. K. Joens
Am. J. Phys. 66, 259–260 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18853
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Book Reviews

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics
Melvin G. Calkin; Robert Weinstock
Am. J. Phys. 66, 261–262 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18858
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The Fire within the Eye: A Historical Essay on the Nature and Meaning of Light
David Park; A. P. French
Am. J. Phys. 66, 262–263 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18857
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Kepler's Moon puzzle—A historical context for pinhole imaging
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The surprising subtlety of electrostatic field lines
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