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shows the dependence of the velocity on the momentum for different restmasses. From equation (16) follows that the velocity of a body approaches a terminal value as the momentum increases. It is lim p→∞ v(p) = lim p→∞ kp k 2 m 0 2 + kp 2 = √ k . (17)
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The teaching of relativity usually starts with kinematics: The invariance of the speed of light, clock synchronization, time dilatation and length contraction, the relativity of simultaneity, Lorentz transformation and the Minkowski diagram. The change of the reference frame is a central topic. Only afterwards problems of relativistic dynamics are...
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... we replace the rest energy with the rest mass we get Figure 3 shows the dependence of the velocity on the momentum for different restmasses. From equation (16) Up to now, k only played the role of a conversion factor, but now it gets a physical meaning. ...
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... can be seen in Figure 3. The diagram also shows: the smaller the rest mass of a body is, the "faster" it approaches the terminal speed. ...
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... we replace the rest energy with the rest mass we get Figure 3 shows the dependence of the velocity on the momentum for different restmasses. From equation (16) Up to now, k only played the role of a conversion factor, but now it gets a physical meaning. ...
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