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Article #1313Small clarifications for my big article on four-vectors
From: Mcirvin
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:29
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:29
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In my big article on relativity and four-vectors, I wrote:
>We then have a very nice-looking
>relation between four-vectors
> P = mV ,
>where P is the four-momentum, V is the four-velocity, and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>m is the invariant, unchanging mass.
Just to be clear: this "four-momentum" P is the same thing as the
"energy-momentum four-vector" P mentioned earlier.
>Four-acceleration A is the derivative of four-velocity with
>respect to time.
^^^^
That's *proper* time, not the t coordinate.
I hope you enjoyed the article... boy, am I wasting a lot of time
these days.
--
Matt McIrvin mcirvin@husc.harvard.edu Long live short .sigs
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