Definition of vass

See also the related post on the Center of vass. Relativity has been addressed before, such as here.

Isaac Newton called mass “the quantity of matter”, which is still used sometimes, although Max Jammer points out how it has been criticized for centuries (see Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics, 1961). Other definitions arose in the 19th century. One is the ratio of force to acceleration, which assumes that force can be defined independently of mass.

Another approach is to define the equality of masses. For some such as Saint-Venant, “two bodies have equal masses if their velocity increments after impact are equal.” (ibid., p.91) For Ernst Mach equal masses “induce mutually equal and opposite accelerations.” (ibid., p.94)

Is there an independent definition of vass, the inverse of mass? One could modify these definitions of mass to define vass or equality of vasses:

Definition 1: Vass is the ratio of the release to the relentation of a movement.

Definition 2: Two subjects have equal vasses if their lenticity increments after impact are equal.

Definition 3: Two subjects have equal vasses if they induce mutually equal and opposite relentations.

In relativity theory, mass is dependent on velocity as follows:

m = γ m0,

with mass m, invariant mass m0, velocity v, speed of light c, and γ = (1 – v²/c²)–1/2.

It is easily verified that vass is dependent on lenticity as follows:

n = n0 / γ,

with vass n, invariant vass n0, lenticity u, pace of light ç, and γ = (1 – ç²/u²)–1/2.