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Mohammed Ayaz Quadri
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I used to believe that potential energy of a particular particle is of no meaning. It is always linked with a system, and Potential Energy of a system means negative of work done by INTERNAL conservative forces from an initial stage of assumed zero potential energy. And energy cannot be said to be stored in one part of a system. Its just IN the system SOMEWHERE. Am I correct.
When I go through advanced courses online or in books like Kleppner and Kolenkow they do not mention anything about constraint of internal forces only.
Please someone give me rigorous understanding if Potential Energy and its inclusion in E=mc²
When I go through advanced courses online or in books like Kleppner and Kolenkow they do not mention anything about constraint of internal forces only.
Please someone give me rigorous understanding if Potential Energy and its inclusion in E=mc²
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