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List of relativistic equations

Relativistic Equations

Table of contents

1 Definitions
2 Equations
3 Further Reading

Definitions

v = velocity
c = velocity of light in a vacuum
β = v / c
m = mass
m₀ = rest mass
γ = (1 - β²)^/sup>
W = kinetic energy + rest mass energy

Equations

Tm₀c² = kinetic energy
m = m₀γ (definition of relativistic mass)
p = mv = m₀γv (definition of relativistic momentum)
W = γm₀c² = (m₀²c⁴ + c²p²)

Further Reading

This article contains only a very few of the definitional equations of the Theory of relativity. See also:

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