Ajay Sharma claims that the genius’ mass-energy equation was inadequate
Shimla : Einstein’s mass-energy equation (E=mc2) is inadequate as it has not been completely studied and is only valid under special conditions, an Indian researcher has claimed in an international paper.
Einstein considered just two light waves of equal energy emitted in opposite directions with uniform relative velocity, Ajay Sharma, a Shimla-based researcher who challenged Albert Einstein’s derivation mass-energy equation, said on Sunday.
The equation was given by Einstein in 1905.
His technical paper — “The mathematical derivation or speculation of E=mc2, in Einstein’s September 1905 paper, and some peculiar experiments” — was published by Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow last month.
E=mc2 means energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light squared.
Sharma, an assistant director for education with the Himachal Pradesh government, told IANS that Einstein’s theory has not been studied completely.
“It’s only valid under special conditions of the parameters involved, e.g. number of light waves, magnitude of light energy, angles at which waves are emitted and relative velocity,” he said.
