How did Einstein Use Minkowski Spacetime to Derive E=mc2?

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kaleidoscope

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Aug 12, 2010

There are many derivations of E=mc2 out there, but did Einstein actually used Minkowski space time for his original derivation of E=mc2? How did he do it?

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