Homework Help: calculus - limits

Posted by Marina on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 2:50pm.

In the theory of relativity, the mass of a particle with velocity v is

m = m0 / sqrt(1-v^2 / c^2)

where m0 is mass of the particle at rest and c is the speed of light. What happens as v approaches c^-?

calculus - limits - bobpursley, Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:02pm
mass is unbounded, it increases. Since this cannot happen, velocity cannot equal the speed of light.

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