by Anonymous on October 27th, 2009

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Einsteins special theory of relativity says that mass is related to velocity by m=mo/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)=mo(1-(v^2/c^2)^-1/2 mo=rest mass c=velocity of light determine increase of mass of an object when v increases from 0.9c to 0.95c. approx. % increase=?

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  • by Alexander on October 27th, 2009

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    Einstein's special theory of relativity says no such thing. It says that rest mass is invariant of Lorentz and equal to the length of of co-variant vector of Energy-Momentum
    Mass = 1/c² length of vector [E, cPx , cPy , cPz]

    Anyway when speed increases from 0.9 to 0.95, then increase in energy E is from
    1/√(1-0.9²)to
    1/√(1-0.95²)
    that is by 39.6%

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    • Alexander edit your answer with a highlight and backspace. The mass in question is the relativistic mass and is correct above. It is part of why no object can reach c as they need a continually increasing source of accel to go with a mass that increases with velocity.

      archimedes

      by archimedes on November 13th, 2009

    • PLus Einstein would never use rest mass!!

      archimedes

      by archimedes on November 18th, 2009

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