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Volume 72, Issue 9
September 2004
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Comment on “Heisenberg in Poland” by Jeremy Bernstein [Am. J. Phys. 72 (3), 300–304 (2004)]
Klaus Gottstein
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1143–1144 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1778397
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Author’s reply
Jeremy Bernstein
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1144–1145 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1778398
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Socrates, Fermi, and the second law of thermodynamics
Göran Grimvall
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1145–1146 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1768556
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Why use the work-energy theorem?
Clifford Swartz
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1145 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1773177
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PAPERS

Resource Letter RPS-1: Research in problem solving
Leonardo Hsu; Eric Brewe; Thomas M. Foster; Kathleen A. Harper
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1147–1156 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1763175
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An experimental investigation into the dynamics of a string
Timothy C. Molteno; Nicholas B. Tufillaro
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1157–1169 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764557
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What makes bowling balls hook?
Cliff Frohlich
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1170–1177 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1767099
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The relativistic Ampère–Maxwell law in integral form
G. Monsivais
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1178–1182 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764558
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Wigner quasi-probability distribution for the infinite square well: Energy eigenstates and time-dependent wave packets
M. Belloni; M. A. Doncheski; R. W. Robinett
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1183–1192 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1767100
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Specific heat of an ideal Bose gas above the Bose condensation temperature
Frank Y.-H. Wang
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1193–1194 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764562
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Modeling and propagation of near-field diffraction patterns: A more complete approach
Glen D. Gillen; Shekhar Guha
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1195–1201 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1767102
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On the quantization of Newton-equivalent Hamiltonians
F. Calogero; A. Degasperis
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1202–1203 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1758229
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Geodesics in the generalized Schwarzschild solution
Matthew R. Francis; Arthur Kosowsky
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1204–1209 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1701846
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Observing the quantum behavior of light in an undergraduate laboratory
J. J. Thorn; M. S. Neel; V. W. Donato; G. S. Bergreen; R. E. Davies; M. Beck
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1210–1219 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1737397
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Understanding Bohmian mechanics: A dialogue
Roderich Tumulka
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1220–1226 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1748054
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Mechanical energy and momentum of wave pulses in a dispersionless, lossless elastic medium, according to the linear theory
N. Gauthier; P. Rochon
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1227–1231 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1758227
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Wave packet propagation into a negative index medium
Xiaobiao Huang; W. L. Schaich
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1232–1240 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764560
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Supplementary Material
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Diffraction from one- and two-dimensional quasicrystalline gratings
N. Ferralis; A. W. Szmodis; R. D. Diehl
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1241–1246 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1758221
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A model system for examining the radial distribution function
K. Younge; C. Christenson; A. Bohara; J. Crnkovic; P. Saulnier
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1247–1250 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1758228
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Computer simulations, exact trajectories, and the gravitational N-body problem
Wayne Hayes
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1251–1257 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764561
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

An elementary derivation of the harmonic oscillator propagator
L. Moriconi
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1258–1259 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1715108
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Quantum harmonic oscillator revisited: A Fourier transform approach
Sergey A. Ponomarenko
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1259–1260 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1677395
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Erratum: “What is a state in quantum mechanics?” [Am. J. Phys. 72 (3), 348–350 (2004)]
Roger G. Newton
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1261 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1710083
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BOOK REVIEWS

A Gallery of Fluid Motion
M. Samimy; K. S. Breuer; L. G. Leal; P. H. Steen; Thomas R. Powers
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1262–1263 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1778399
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