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    Undergrad Lorentz Transform: Justifying Use in Acceleration

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    Undergrad Lorentz Transform: Justifying Use in Acceleration

    In a standard problem of an electron released from the negative plate in an E field between 2 parallel plates in which the velocity must be determined why can the Lorentz transformation be used (involving v^2/c^2) when the electron is undergoing acceleration and there is nothing in the...
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    Show Energy Equality of Simple Pendulum with Equipartition

    Homework Statement How would one show that the average total energy of a simple pendulum is equal to twice the average kinetic energy of the pendulum? Homework Equations E = T + V = 1/2 ml**2 (θ'**2) + mgl cos(θ) The Attempt at a Solution Maybe use equipartition?