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A comparison among deductions of the equation E=mc²

In this work, we present four known deductions of the equation E = mc², including the original. We relate the physical concepts and the mathematical tools in each case and compare the deductions. After the analysis, we verify that three deductions are accessible to the student of the Secondary Education.

Special Relativity; mass-energy equivalence


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