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How to develop in series as in the image below? What does the third term signify?
How to develop in series?
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It is a simple Taylor expansion of the relativistic energy.
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Thank you.
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What does the third term signify?
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It doesn't have a name or any particular meaning as far as I am aware.
If you are measuring the energy of particles, say, when v is high enough for this term to be measurable then you ought to be using the relativistic formula for energy. Below that velocity the Newtonian approximation is good enough.
If you are measuring the energy of particles, say, when v is high enough for this term to be measurable then you ought to be using the relativistic formula for energy. Below that velocity the Newtonian approximation is good enough.