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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \
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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \\\"right\\\" than the other.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum and the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relate the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why they\\\'ve got more unknowns.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum and the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relate the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why they\\\'ve got more unknowns.
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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \
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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \\\"right\\\" than the other.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum or the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relates the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why it\\\'s got more unknowns.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum or the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relates the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why it\\\'s got more unknowns.
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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \
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The point of E = mc^2 is that mass and energy are fundamentally the same quantity. The longer equation just uses rest mass to illustrate the connection to the classical concept of momentum; neither is more \\\"right\\\" than the other.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum or the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relates the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why it\\\'s more cumbersome.
Also, E_0 = m_0*c^2, the rest mass being the rest energy, just as E = mc^2 when all the mass and energy are taken into account, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment since mass and energy are the same thing]]. Likewise, the equations with the momentum or the one with the Lorentz factor (\\\"gamma\\\") relates the \\\'\\\'rest\\\'\\\' mass to the \\\'\\\'total\\\'\\\' energy, which is why it\\\'s more cumbersome.
