Relativistic momentum via rest mass and speed¶

Momentum (amount of motion) is a vector physical quantity that is a measure of the mechanical movement of a body. The relativistic momentum also takes into account speed limits equal to the speed of light.

Notation:

\(c\) (c) is speed_of_light.

Links:

Wikipedia.

momentum¶: momentum of the body.

Symbol:: p
Latex:: \(p\)
Dimension:: momentum

rest_mass¶: rest_mass of the body.

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

speed¶: speed of the body.

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

law¶

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

Latex:: \[p = \frac{m_{0} v}{\sqrt{1 - \left(\frac{v}{c}\right)^{2}}}\]