FIZIKA A 13 (2004) 3 , 113-120

EINSTEIN'S LIGHT COMPLEX

DRAGAN REDŽIĆ^a and JANEZ STRNAD^b

^aFaculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, POB 368, 11001 Beograd, Yugoslavia
E-mail address: [email protected]
^bFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, POB 2964,
1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 3 March 2004;   Accepted 18 October 2004
Online 2 February 2005

The light complex introduced by A. Einstein in his first relativity paper has the characteristics of a provisional concept and was soon abandoned. Nevertheless, it was crucial for Einstein's derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy. The discussion of various forms of the light complex strictly within Maxwell's electrodynamics leads to interesting insight.

PACS numbers: 03.30.+p, 01.65.+g
UDC 530.12, 53.091

Keywords: special relativity, electrodynamics, Lichtkomplex, history of science

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