An Alternate Method for Deriving Relativistic Momentum and Energy of a Particle

T. Shivalingaswamy and B. A Kagali

Government College for Women, M.C Road, Mandya, Karnataka, India-571401

In this article we discuss an alternate and a simple method employing only the relativistic rules for the addition of velocities to deduce the well-known expressions for the relativistic momentum and energy of a particle, instead of using conventional methods that either involves interaction of more than one particle or require an advanced level of theory of relativity