Is the Proof of E=mc² Valid for Accelerating Objects in Special Relativity?

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pc2-brazil said:
OK, I was forgetting about centripetal acceleration.

Vector calculus is a very powerful tool in obtaining the most general solutions. This is why I mentioned that the solution I provided is much more general than the one you found. Where did you find iit? What book?
 
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starthaus said:
Vector calculus is a very powerful tool in obtaining the most general solutions. This is why I mentioned that the solution I provided is much more general than the one you found. Where did you find iit? What book?
Actually, I found it in an online video: http://www.youtube.com/user/matmania1#p/c/7E2FA65CB78B54B0/14/4cS5qvNJJmA". This video is in Portuguese.
My knowledge is somewhat fragmented, since I'm not following a course (just so you have an idea, I've learned the substitution method in integration for the first time today in order to understand a particular step in your derivation). I'm learning from what the Internet has to offer. This forum is a very helpful resource.
 
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pc2-brazil said:
Actually, I found it in an online video: http://www.youtube.com/user/matmania1#p/c/7E2FA65CB78B54B0/14/4cS5qvNJJmA". This video is in Portuguese.
My knowledge is somewhat fragmented, since I'm not following a course. I'm learning from what the Internet has to offer. This forum is a very helpful resource.

If I may suggest an internet source, find C.Moller's book on relativity (The Theory of Relativity). It is very good, a model of rigor and it is...free. I think that it is one of the best, most complete books written on the subject. It covers both SR and GR.
 
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starthaus said:
If I may suggest an internet source, find C.Moller's book on relativity (The Theory of Relativity). It is very good, a model of rigor and it is...free. I think that it is one of the best, most complete books written on the subject. It covers both SR and GR.

Thank you for the suggestion, I will have a look.
By the way: you've answered to my reply so fast that you may haven't noticed the edition I made.
 
Also this reference:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/"
 
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Dickfore said:
Also this reference:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/"

Thank you too.
 
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