1.13 A famous relation in physics relates 'moving mass' to the 'rest mass' of a…

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1.13 A famous relation in physics relates 'moving mass'

m

to the 'rest mass'

m_{0}

of a particle in terms of its speed

v

and the speed of light,

c

. (This relation first arose as a consequence of special relativity due to Albert Einstein). A boy recalls the relation almost correctly but forgets where to put the constant c. He writes:

m=\frac{m_{O}}{\left(1-v^{2}\right)^{1 / 2}}

Guess where to put the missing

c

Related theory

Lorentz Transformations
Special Relativity

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