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Volume 69, Issue 10
October 2001
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

PAPERS

The great Copernican cliché
Dennis R. Danielson
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1029–1035 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1379734
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An unusual approach to Kepler’s first law
Thomas J. Osler
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1036–1038 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1379735
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The maximal invariance group of Newton’s equations for a free point particle
O. Jahn; V. V. Sreedhar
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1039–1043 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1379736
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The origins of length contraction: I. The FitzGerald–Lorentz deformation hypothesis
Harvey R. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1044–1054 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1379733
View articletitled, The origins of length contraction: I. The FitzGerald–Lorentz deformation hypothesis
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Photorefractive polymers: Materials science, thin-film fabrication, and experiments in volume holography
David J. McGee; Mark D. Matlin
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1055–1063 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1387042
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When do bubbles cause a floating body to sink?
Bruce Denardo; Leonard Pringle; Carl DeGrace; Michael McGuire
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1064–1072 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1383600
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The physics of golf: The convex face of a driver
A. Raymond Penner
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1073–1081 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1380380
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Simplified quantum oscillator solution
Thomas F. Jordan
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1082–1083 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1387044
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Expectation value analysis of wave packet solutions for the quantum bouncer: Short-term classical and long-term revival behaviors
M. A. Doncheski; R. W. Robinett
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1084–1090 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1383598
View articletitled, Expectation value analysis of wave packet solutions for the quantum bouncer: Short-term classical and long-term revival behaviors
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Consistent analogs of the Fourier uncertainty relation
G. W. Forbes; M. A. Alonso
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1091–1095 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1383599
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Autoresonant (nonstationary) excitation of pendulums, Plutinos, plasmas, and other nonlinear oscillators
J. Fajans; L. Frièdland
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1096–1102 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1389278
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Matter waves in a gravitational field: An index of refraction for massive particles in general relativity
James Evans; Paul M. Alsing; Stefano Giorgetti; Kamal Kanti Nandi
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1103–1110 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1389281
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

n+1 dimensional Dirac equation and the Klein paradox
Antonio S. de Castro
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1111–1112 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1376376
View articletitled, <span class="inline-formula no-formula-id"><span class="mathFormula"></span><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mtext xmlns="">n+1</mtext></math></span> dimensional Dirac equation and the Klein paradox
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Erratum: “Field pattern of a magnetic dipole” [Am. J. Phys. 68, 577–578 (2000)]
J. P. McTavish
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1112 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1362697
View articletitled, Erratum: “Field pattern of a magnetic dipole” [Am. J. Phys. <strong>68</strong>, 577–578 (2000)]
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Demonstration of different bending profiles of a cantilever caused by a torque or a force
Th. Höpfl; D. Sander; J. Kirschner
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1113–1115 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1399045
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BOOK REVIEWS

Scattering of Waves from Large Spheres
Walter T. Grandy, Jr.; R. K. Brandt
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1116 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1399039
View articletitled, <em>Scattering of Waves from Large Spheres</em>
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The Runaway Universe
Donald Goldsmith; Wendy Freedman
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1117–1118 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1399040
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The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything
K. C. Cole; Wendy Freedman
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1117–1118 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1456268
View articletitled, <em>The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything</em>
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The Dynamics of Fluidized Particles
Roy Jackson; Mark D. Shattuck
Am. J. Phys. 69, 1118 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1399041
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All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Exact solutions for the inverse problem of the time-independent Schrödinger equation
Bhavika Bhalgamiya, Mark A. Novotny
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Erratum: “All objects and some questions” [Am. J. Phys. 91, 819–825 (2023)]
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
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