PHY251 Homework Set 2

Reading:	Chapter 2 sections 1-4,8; Chapter 3 sections 1-3
Homework:	Chapter 2, problems 2,3,5,6,8,10,27	Due date: Monday February 1

Hints

Problem II.27

Hints:

Taylor expand Eq.(2.36) out to fourth order in v/c. Compare the last term (the first relativistic correction) with the next to last term (the classical kinetic energy). What is the speed v at which the classical expression is off by .01%?