Deriving relativistic momentum and energy

Details Deriving relativistic momentum and energy Deriving relativistic momentum and energy

2004-02-05

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402024v3

Eur.J.Phys. 26 (2005) 33-45

Physics

Classical Physics

15 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0143-0807/26/1/005

We present a new derivation of the expressions for momentum and energy of a relativistic particle. In contrast to the procedures commonly adopted in textbooks, the one suggested here requires only the knowledge of the composition law for velocities along one spatial dimension, and does not make use of the concept of relativistic mass, or of the formalism of four-vectors. The basic ideas are very general and can be applied also to kinematics different from the Newtonian and Einstein ones, in order to construct the corresponding dynamics.

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