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snoopies622
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Wikipedia's 'special relativity' entry gives the following relationship between force, acceleration and velocity:
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\vec f=\gamma m \vec a + \gamma^3 m \frac {\vec v \cdot \vec a}{c^2}\vec v
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but without derivation. Could someone tell me how one arrives at this?
Thanks.
[tex]
\vec f=\gamma m \vec a + \gamma^3 m \frac {\vec v \cdot \vec a}{c^2}\vec v
[/tex]
but without derivation. Could someone tell me how one arrives at this?
Thanks.