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THE question whether there exists in relativity mechanics a theorem analogous to the classical law for the motion of the mass centre (conservation of total momentum) has, as far as we can see, never found a satisfactory answer. Eddington1 has taken this fact as the starting point for a general attack against the usual application of wave mechanics to fast-moving particles without contributing himself anything positive to the question. The reason why this problem has never been seriously treated seems to be this.
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Eddington, A., Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 35, 186 (1939).
Born, M., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, (ii), 59, 219 (1939).
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BORN, M., FUCHS, K. The Mass Centre in Relativity. Nature 145, 587 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145587a0
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