Working through 'Clifford Algebra to Geometric Calculus'. Looking for problems

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Mike is studying Hestenes' and Sobczyk's "Clifford Algebra to Geometric Calculus" but finds the lack of exercises challenging. He seeks additional problems to complement the book, focusing on proof and derivation types or coordinate-based computations. A suggestion is made to consider "Geometric Algebra for Physicists" by Doran and Lasenby for a more accessible approach. Additionally, resources including notes and software based on the book are shared to help fill in missing derivation steps. The discussion highlights the need for supplementary materials in studying geometric algebra and calculus.
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Hello,

I'm currently working through Hestenes' and Sobczyk's book "Clifford Algebra to Geometric Calculus." It has been slow reading because of the many skipped steps in his derivations (I'm not saying that's a bad thing), but I am rather enjoying GA/GC so far. I work through all of the derivations, but unfortunately the book has no exercises. Does anyone know where I could find some good problems that would complement the book? Proof/derivation type problems or coordinate-based computations would both be great.

Thanks for your help,
Mike
 
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Problems in GA

Hestenes book is very dense. You might consider (less dense more understandable)

Geometric Algebra for Physcists by Doran and Lasenby

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521715954/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I have notes and software that I based on the book at

https://github.com/brombo/GA

In the notes I tried to fill in the missing steps in D&L's derivations.
 
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