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Anton Alice
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In a relativistic treatment of mechanics one can say, that momentum and energy are correlatively conserved.
The argument I would use, is that the length of the four-momentum is lorentz-invariant, and therefore, if E is conserved in any frame of reference, so the momentum.
But I don't know, if this argument is fully valid. The length of the four-momentum ( I mean pμpμ) is creating a relation between the Energy and the magnitude of the momentum, not the vectorial momentum itself. But I want a vectorial conservation... Where is the catch?
The argument I would use, is that the length of the four-momentum is lorentz-invariant, and therefore, if E is conserved in any frame of reference, so the momentum.
But I don't know, if this argument is fully valid. The length of the four-momentum ( I mean pμpμ) is creating a relation between the Energy and the magnitude of the momentum, not the vectorial momentum itself. But I want a vectorial conservation... Where is the catch?
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