Re: [Phys-l] Thesis Topic

[Tom Sandin <sandint@ncat.edu>]

Guess what--I disagree with Oas and Decker.

See T. R. Sandin, Am. J. Phys. 59, 1032 (1991).

T. R. (Tom) Sandin

At 1:24 PM -0700 6/20/09, John Denker wrote:
> On 06/20/2009 10:58 AM, Rory Ian BUalan wrote:
> >  I'm in my 2nd year in MST-Physics. We're told to think of
> >  possible thesis topics for our proposal sumbission. I want a topic
> >  that is interesting and is very relevant right now... Any
> >  suggestions???
>
> You might take as a model the paper by Gary Oas
>   "On the Abuse and Use of Relativistic Mass"
>   http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504110
>
> I like this work for a number of reasons.  For one thing, it
> includes an extensive survey of textbooks, resulting in some
> nice clear charts showing the secular trends.
>
> It also helps that I strongly agree with his conclusion:
>    "it is urged, once again, that the use of the
>     [velocity-dependent mass] concept at all levels
>     be abandoned."