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pervect said:
Yep. This formula also nicely demonstrates that for a photon where E=pc, the mass m is zero.
Thank you for your help. Do you consider that it is correct to say that
A particle for which energy and momentum transform via the same transformation factor has a zero rest energy?
 

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