Re: Another look at the Lorentz factor.


"BernardZ" <bernardZ@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| In article <1149046688.508095.182340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
| goldenboar@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
| > The Lorentz factor is usually given by the equation:
| >
| > gamma = 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
| >
| > or by
| >
| > beta = v/c
| > gamma = 1/sqrt(1-beta^2)
| >
| > The equation can be written in a more intuitive (for me at least) way
| > as shown below:
| >
| > gamma = c / sqrt(c^2 - v^2)
| >
| >
|
| Reminds me of a discussion I had with my engineering professor. I said
| that some units could be better written in a different form. He reckoned
| *so what*.

So what?
Androcles.



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