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Momentum at High Speeds is an adaptation of Einstein's formula for Energy at rest
Momentum at High Speeds is an adaptation of Einstein's formula for Energy at rest
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[[File:Energy_at_Rest.png|200px|thumb alt text]]
At Low velocities it is calculated using the formula
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They found that when you approached the quantum level, the old formula did not apply so it was adapted to quantum mechanics in the form:  
They found that when you approached the quantum level, the old formula did not apply so it was adapted to quantum mechanics in the form:  

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Momentum at High Speeds

By: Dalton Snyder

Short Description of Topic

The Main Idea

State, in your own words, the main idea for this topic Electric Field of Capacitor

A Mathematical Model

Momentum at High Speeds is an adaptation of Einstein's formula for Energy at rest thumb alt text

At Low velocities it is calculated using the formula thumb alt text

They found that when you approached the quantum level, the old formula did not apply so it was adapted to quantum mechanics in the form:

Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity thumb alt text

The formula for Lambda is thumb alt text

A Computational Model

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