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Momentum and Energy

Momentum

How does Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity affect momentum?

The same factor, γ, that affected distance and time, affects momentum in the same way, that is relativistic momentum is γmv. Gamma is 1 at slow speeds and becomes large only when the velocity is near the speed of light.



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