It is shown that, contrary to what several authors have claimed, Einstein’s first derivation of the mass–energy equivalence was logically sound, the alleged fallacy lying merely in the fact that Einstein’s conclusion is entailed by, and is therefore a necessary condition of his premises. (AIP)
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Mass-energy equivalence
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1982
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