It appears that mass is not an intrinsic property of a thing, but rather, depends on all other matter in the universe. I would like further explanation. Here is a quote from Mendal Sach in an article in Physics Today (Feb, 1969) entitled "Space, Time and Elementary Interaction in Relativity"…
"The derived mass field depends upon the curvature of space-time. The latter geometrical property is, in turn, a manifestation of the mutual coupling of all the matter within the closed system. Thus, if the rest of the universe should be depleted of all matter, the mass of the remaining electron, say, should correspondingly go to zero. The derived field relationship is then a quantitative expression of the Mach principle because here the inertial mass of any amount of matter is indeed a well defined function of its dynamic coupling with all of the other matter within the entire closed system."
2007-03-10
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