Ok, maybe I don't need relativistic mass, but if I don't use it I am
going to have to start revamping a lot of my explanations. For example,
I always say that the reason that the frequency of an electron
synchor-tron is not constant is because the inertia of the electron
changes as it becomes more energetic-that is, it becomes more massive.
WBN
Barlow Newbolt
Professor of Physics
Washington and Lee University
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