Galilean relativity, special relativity and the work-kinetic energy theorem revisited

2007/03/30 by Bernhard Rothenstein, Rothenstein, Bernhard
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0703280

arxiv created 2007/03/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Transformation equations for the kinetic energy of the same bullet in Galileo's and Einstein's special relativity are derived. The special relativity result is extended to the case of a photon.

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