Tuesday, June 25, 2019

YARP (Yet Another Rant about Programming)

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Imagine that, as a kid, you really wanted to learn an instrument.  Eventually, after lots of nagging, and some luck, your parents get you a ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Keeping Track of Complicated Algebra

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Lately, I have been doing a lot or independent work in classical electromagnetism.  I have found, as anyone who has ever derived the Poyntin...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

In Response to A Post on phys.org

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So, this blog posting is not for everyone.  I wrote it in response to a comment made here  by bschott. Initially, I was just going to post a...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

A Quick Start Guide to the Geometric Product - A Beginner's Perspective Part I

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I am just learning about a phenomenal way of manipulating vectors and transforms called Clifford Algebra (or Geometric Algebra).  To give yo...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Proof that Objects Don't Always Return Under Gravity

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So, I told this crackpot over at phys.org that I would be proving what is written in the title.   It is now late, and the proof is turning ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

An interesting way of looking at the Lorentz Transform

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So, this is going to be a rather light posting today.  I was at first going to refer to it as short, but apparently, I can be quite verbose,...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

How to Derive Relativistic Momentum Without Magically Divining the Answer

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What's that you say?  "Wow, the Furlong, that was a tasty, if somewhat rushed, derivation that nobody asked for.  Please give me an...