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Introduction to Hestenes’ Use of Geometric Algebra in Treating Constant-Acceleration Motion

Authors: James A. Smith

As an aid to teachers and students who wish to apply Geometric Algebra to high-school-level physics, we provide the first installment in a guide to Hestenes’s treatment of constant-acceleration motion. Specifically, we present a more-detailed version of Hestenes’ solution to the problem of finding the time and distance at which a projectile will cross a given line of sight. We begin by reviewing the GA ideas that we will use, and finish by verifying the solution via a GeoGebra worksheet.

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