From Osher Doctorow
In Special Relativity (SR) we have:
1) m_o = constant ("inertial mass")
2) m = m_o/sqrt(1 - v^2/c^2) ("variable mass")
But doesn't m_o = constant "trivialize" any dependence of m_o on x, v,
topology, etc.? No. Mass was arguably generated by curvature change
and torsion change, and if we abbreviate the latter two changes by S_o
with the subscript o indicating that they occurred at one time or one
time interval t_o, then:
3) m_o = f(S_o)
S_o would have been extreme or unusual intuitively, but on the other
hand repetition of such extreme conditions or perhaps slightly less
should have produced m_o or a slightly different value, so (3) can be
regarded as having a small interval domain and range at the very least.
By the way, the common practice of replacing c by 1 in SR would be
consistent with regarding c = 1 as representing infinite speed even
though this is not the usual interpretation. This would work if v in
(2) is in units such that 0 < = v < = 1.
Osher Doctorow
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