Newton single handedly brought about a new era in our understanding of the physical world, through his famous equation F = ma and the law of gravity. These laws successfully predict the behavior of all phenomena from the microscopic world to the astronomical world! Ofcourse, Einstien changed things once again but that was only after about 4 centuries. Solving Irodov dramatically helped me understand the power, elegance, simplicity and beauty of Physics. Hopefully you will enjoy the journey too.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Irodov Problem 1.372
All the work done on the particle translates into kinetic energy of the particle. The Newtonian kinetic energy is given by,
The relativistic kinetic energy is given by the change in total energy in the particle given by,
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