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jaketodd
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Relativistic momentum is a vector, just as non-relativistic momentum is a vector, right? Part of the relativistic energy equation includes relativistic momentum. See here please: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/releng.html"
Could the relativistic momentum energy part of the relativistic energy equation be considered as a vector when the equation is computed for total relativistic energy? That is, does relativistic momentum, when taken in the context of relativistic energy as a whole, still have a vector? The answer to this question must be yes, because otherwise, without a vector for some of the relativistic energy, then the object would remain stationary. Another question please: I suppose the relativistic momentum could do without a vector in the context of relativistic energy, but then what would keep the object going...Is the relativistic kinetic energy portion of total relativistic energy a vector? Or, are both relativistic kinetic energy, and relativistic momentum, vectors in the context of computed relativistic energy? Or, I suppose you could simply say: Does relativistic energy, as a whole, have a vector component or components, and if so, what part of the relativistic energy has this/these vectors? Maybe this could sum it up: Relativistic energy must have some vector component because otherwise the object would be stationary, right?
Many Thanks,
Jake :zzz:
Could the relativistic momentum energy part of the relativistic energy equation be considered as a vector when the equation is computed for total relativistic energy? That is, does relativistic momentum, when taken in the context of relativistic energy as a whole, still have a vector? The answer to this question must be yes, because otherwise, without a vector for some of the relativistic energy, then the object would remain stationary. Another question please: I suppose the relativistic momentum could do without a vector in the context of relativistic energy, but then what would keep the object going...Is the relativistic kinetic energy portion of total relativistic energy a vector? Or, are both relativistic kinetic energy, and relativistic momentum, vectors in the context of computed relativistic energy? Or, I suppose you could simply say: Does relativistic energy, as a whole, have a vector component or components, and if so, what part of the relativistic energy has this/these vectors? Maybe this could sum it up: Relativistic energy must have some vector component because otherwise the object would be stationary, right?
Many Thanks,
Jake :zzz:
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