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Article #1275Re: Converting the masses
From: John Leslie
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:12
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:12
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In article <mcirvin.711673227@husc8> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes: >dk@imager (Dave Knapp) writes: > >In fact, I think that a more important issue than the definition of >mass is the use of four-vectors in introductory classes teaching SR, >which I think should be encouraged, since it brings beauty and >simplicity to something which otherwise looks like an algebraic junkheap >built on a shifting foundation of paradoxes. > Could someone have mercy on those of us whose college physics is twenty or more years in the past? What is "four-vectors"? John Leslie <john@jlc.mv.com>
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!centerline!noc.near.net!mv!jlc!john From: john@jlc.mv.com (John Leslie) Subject: Re: Converting the masses Message-ID: <1992Jul21.141253.17366@jlc.mv.com> Keywords: four-vectors Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH References: <mcirvin.711489157@husc10> <130889@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <mcirvin.711673227@husc8> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:12:53 GMT Lines: 13