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I'm trying to reconcile the two relativistic mass equations and I 'm getting different results as I push the velocity towards c.
In the first equation, E=mc^2/√(1-v^2/c^2), I'm getting that E approaches infinity as v approaches c.
In the second equation, E=√(m^2c^4+p^2c^2), I'm getting that E approaches √2(mc^2) as v approaches c.
Am I doing something wrong here, or is this an anomaly that has a standard explanation?
In the first equation, E=mc^2/√(1-v^2/c^2), I'm getting that E approaches infinity as v approaches c.
In the second equation, E=√(m^2c^4+p^2c^2), I'm getting that E approaches √2(mc^2) as v approaches c.
Am I doing something wrong here, or is this an anomaly that has a standard explanation?