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Old 07-20-2005, 07:16 PM
MelchyBeau MelchyBeau is offline
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Default Re: Another Special Relativity Anomaly Question

Relativistic mass is sort of a misnomer. Its mass doesn't actually increase. Remember we have the conservation of mass and energy laws. If it were to increase, then these laws would be violated. Also relativistic mass isa term no longer used by physicists. They discuss things in terms of energy

You'd be wise to study lorentz transformations if you wish to understand relativity.

Melch
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