Relativistic mass via rest mass and speed¶

Relativistic mass is proportional to the rest mass of the object and approaches infinity as its speed approaches the speed of light.

Notation:

\(c\) (c) is speed_of_light.

Conditions:

Non-zero rest mass.

Links:

Wikipedia.

relativistic_mass¶

relativistic_mass of the object.

Symbol:: m
Latex:: \(m\)
Dimension:: mass

rest_mass¶

rest_mass of the object.

Symbol:: m_0
Latex:: \(m_{0}\)
Dimension:: mass

speed¶

speed of the object.

Symbol:: v
Latex:: \(v\)
Dimension:: velocity

law¶

m = m_0 / sqrt(1 - v^2 / c^2)

Latex:: \[m = \frac{m_{0}}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}\]