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In this issue: March 2022

John Essick, Harvey Gould, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer, Jan Tobochnik, Timothy D. Wiser
John Essick, Harvey Gould, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Raina Olsen, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Todd Springer, Jan Tobochnik, Timothy D. Wiser
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 165–166 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0086156
Published: March 2022
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The Persico equation for minimum uncertainty states

Vincenzo Barone
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 413–417 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002719
Published: April 2021
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Conservative numerical methods for nonlinear oscillators

Mark H. Holmes
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 60–69 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000295
Published: January 2020
View article titled, Conservative numerical methods for nonlinear oscillators
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Variational approach to the soft-Coulomb potential in low-dimensional quantum systems

Federico Grasselli
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 834–839 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4994809
Published: November 2017
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Includes: Supplementary data
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The least uncomfortable journey from A to B

D. Anderson, M. Desaix, R. Nyqvist
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 690–695 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4955151
Published: September 2016
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On Kirchhoff's equations and variational approaches to electrical network analysis

Alper Ercan
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 231–233 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4939576
Published: March 2016
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Calculating helium atomic excited states in coordinate space

Shane Hall, P. B. Siegel
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 1028–1038 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4932549
Published: December 2015
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Includes: Supplementary data
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Accurate energies of the He atom with undergraduate quantum mechanics

Robert C. Massé, Thad G. Walker
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 730–732 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4921821
Published: August 2015
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Includes: Supplementary data
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Soft Matter Physics.

Francisco Solis
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 723 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4865926
Published: July 2014
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Confined modes in two-dimensional tubes

J. T. Londergan, D. P. Murdock
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 1085–1093 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4751875
Published: December 2012
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A class of exactly solvable models to illustrate supersymmetry and test approximation methods in quantum mechanics

C. M. Fabre, D. Guéry-Odelin
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 79, 755–761 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3567002
Published: July 2011
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Quantum Gaussian wells and barriers

Francisco M. Fernández
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 79, 752–754 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3574505
Published: July 2011
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The quantum Gaussian well

Saikat Nandi
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 1341–1345 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3474665
Published: December 2010
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Galerkin approach to approximate solutions of some nonlinear oscillator equations

D. Anderson, M. Desaix, M. Lisak, J. Rasch
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 920–924 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3429974
Published: September 2010
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On a concavity property of the ground state in quantum mechanics

Paul Gartner, Norman Baer, Sandra Ritter
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 624–626 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3308567
Published: June 2010
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Local pinning of trial wave functions: An optimization method without integrals for finding approximate solutions of field equations

Stavros Theodorakis, Nitsa Kindyni
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 244–249 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3263084
Published: March 2010
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Two-electron atoms, ions, and molecules

Hallstein Høgaasen, Jean-Marc Richard, Paul Sorba
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 86–93 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3236392
Published: January 2010
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The optimal journey from A to B

D. Anderson, F. Andersson, P. Andersson, A. Billander, M. Desaix, M. Lisak
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 76, 863–866 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2929673
Published: September 2008
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Critical dipoles in one, two, and three dimensions

Kevin Connolly, David J. Griffiths
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 75, 524–531 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2710485
Published: June 2007
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Two variational variations on a problem in electrostatics

Anupam Garg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 75, 509–512 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2717220
Published: June 2007
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