Clarifying Einstein's First Derivation for Mass-Energy Equivalence and Consequently Making Ives's Criticism a Void

2007/05/05 by R. V. R. Pandya, Pandya, R. V. R.
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0705.0775

7 pages

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Abstract

We study physical situation considered by Einstein (Ann. Physik, 17, 1905) for his first derivation of mass-energy equivalence. Einstein introduced a constant C in his derivation and reasoning surrounding C and equations containing C caused criticism by Ives. Here we clarify Einstein's derivation and obtain a value for constant C. The obtained zero value for C suggests alternative explanation for Einstein's derivation and makes Ives's criticism a void and for which details are also presented in this paper.

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