That is, how did Einstein came to "prove" that formula?
(The proof of Fermat's theorem is a book of 200 pages, and I would like to have it too...)
2006-08-05 06:28:51 · 7 answers · asked by just "JR" 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
E = mc^2 comes up in Special Relativity, and it's a consequence of the notion that the speed of light is constant for all observers.
At velocities approaching the speed of light, mass increases, time slows down, and length is foreshortened. The equations governing these involve the Lorenz transformation, which has in the denominator, sqrt[1 - (v^2)/(c^2)]. Notice here that v can never equal c, because then you'd have a divide by zero.
A fallout of those equations is the equivalence of mass and energy, e = mc^2, which follows from the conservation of momentum.
This was confirmed (proven) by the Eddington expedition to the island of Principe in 1919 to observe a solar eclipse where starlight was bent by the sun's gravitational field.
2006-08-05 07:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by bpiguy 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
if you ever go through a course of quantum mechanics, you'll see that formula appear in the 3rd lesson. It's no big deal, that formula. If I remeber correctly, it comes when you try to demonstrate another much more interesting equation. Something will loads of integrals in it. Sorry, did that 3 years ago and hated it : quantum mechanics is too difficult for me.
As for fermat's theorem, we can proove it only since we have computers. I belive it's a enumaration of possible cases, that book. (from what my maths teacher told me in university... But I'm not really interested in maths) And you need a computer to deal with the sheer number of possible cases.(that's why it's 200pages)
2006-08-05 06:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein didn't actually prove his theory. Scientific research and development did. Proofs of relativity are found in nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, high-energy particle accelerators, our own sun, and so on.
2006-08-05 06:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is a mathematical proof for it. And it is relativly simple. There are mathematical proofs for most of special/general relativity. And they are all pretty simple; I was a senior in highschool with only a very crude calc knowledge and I understood it pretty clearly.
2006-08-05 07:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by Goose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E = mc2 means that there exits no longer something yet power in the universe . All maximum all religions settle for that one million The God is all effectual and all works are performed by using HIM , further no longer something could be stored far flung from power . 2 The God is omini-recent , further power is everywhere no longer something . 3 The God is immortal , power is neither created nor destroyed. 4 we can not see The God in basic terms comprehend Him , further we can not see power in basic terms comprehend it . In arithmetic in basic terms variety one million is actual all different numbers could be formed by using one million . God is likewise one million .and subsequently one million is god. by using Mukhdeo singh Bihar Madhyamik Siksha parisad PATNA remark. subsequently power in totality is God . apart from
2016-10-01 12:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by mytych 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atomic bomb. The equivalence of matter and energy provides warmth from the sun through fusion, allowing life on earth, and photosynthesis, which allows us to eat.
2006-08-05 06:34:10 · answer #6 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in Hindu mythology, then you will agree. You never created anything, what ever you have created from this earth and you are to going to take anything, what ever you have taken is from this earth. So the mass of earth is constant
2006-08-05 07:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by Prakash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋