A different derivation of the acceleration of a particle in a non-inertial reference frame

2008/03/26 by Eli Lansey, Lansey, Eli
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #physics.class-ph #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0803.3826

8 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2008/03/26 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A new derivation of the acceleration of a particle in a non-inertial reference frame, including the Coriolis effect, is developed using the geometry of complex numbers in the complex plane.

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