With the formation of Einstein special relativity, $E^2 = p^2c^2 + m^2c^4$, could the term of mass be replaced with the De Broglie equation of material waves while $p$, momentum, be replaced with the momentum of the wave as $hk$ where $k$ is the wavenumbers?
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You can't do that because it's the wrong "mass". The $m$ in the formula for $E^2$ is rest mass, not relativistic mass.
J.G.
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