sci.physics.particle

"" <@> wrote in message
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> On Feb 28, 11:19 am, "Artful" wrote:
>> "" <...@> wrote in message
>>
>> news:27568a56-0c3f-443e-acdb-ba355cffb9e3@...
>>
>> > so thje formula shoul not be
>>
>> > E=gamma m times c^2
>>
>> > but ....
>>
>> > E/Gamma = mc^2 !!
>>
>> That is the same formula .. just written slightly differently.
>>
>> > AND m REMAINS COOOOOOOONSTANT !! (:-)
>>
>> It is constant 9assuming you are talking about the one object) in both
>> formulas. 'm' means mass (rest mass or invariant mass) .. it doesn't
>> change. rewriting the formula does not make any difference whatsoever ..
>> except that the formula you propose is less useful in that neither side
>> directly gives you a meaningful value (ie most useful formulas have a
>> single
>> symbol on one side, and an expression on the other side that calculates
>> the
>> value for that formula.
>
> ----------------
> thas exactly the point !!
>
> IT IS THE SAME FORMULA WITH A BASICALLY
> DIFFERENT PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING!!

There is no difference .. its just the same formula WRITTEN differently. It
doesn't say anything different that way .. if anything it just says less.
But the physics of it doesn't get changed by rewriting it.