Abstract
WE propose to show that the constancy of rest mass during non-uniform movement is by no means a general feature of restricted relativity. It applies only to a special, though very important, type of a model, namely, the point charge model.
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BECK, G. Relativistic Variation of Rest Mass. Nature 165, 200–201 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165200b0
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