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You probably know this but in case anyone doesn't, the correct formulation is E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2 When p=0 (no momentum (at rest)) E = mc^2 is recovered.
by IIAOPSW 10y ago
You probably know this but in case anyone doesn't, the correct formulation is E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2
When p=0 (no momentum (at rest)) E = mc^2 is recovered.
- cygx 10y agoOr m = γ·m_0. Sure, we've mostly stopped using the concept of relativistic mass (after all, its basically the same thing as energy, so why keep two names around), but historically, E = mc² could mean that as well...