Define three space displacement
Assume two frames of reference. One is at rest and the second frame of reference is moving at the speed (ν). The speed of light (c) is constant and must be the same in both frames of reference. Define four space displacement with respect to the, at rest, inertial frame time (t) and proper time (τ) measured in the moving frame
Define three space velocity of the moving frame of reference
Now the Lorentz factor (γ) falls out as the ratio of (dt) to (dτ)
Find 4-Force in terms of 3-space variables:
Now four space velocity
Now four space momtum
Now four space force
Now starting with the relativistic scalar correction factor
gamma
Next the time derivative of gamma
Now find the vector dot product of F and P
(or the scalar product
of 4-force and 4-momentum)
Therefore the 4-force and 4-momentum acting on objects with rest mass are always perpendicular.
Now relate the four dimensional force and momentum dot product to three dimensional force and momentum.