Let a particle move in space with constant velocity v. Its mass is directly proportional to time: m=μt, where μ is a constant with dimension kg s−1. A single force acts on the particle so that it can maintain its constant velocity v. No other forces act on the particle.
This is not strange at all: just imagine you are pushing a trolley, and people around you continuously throw stationary things into the trolley. That's how it gains mass.
Now here is the problem:
The particle has no potential energy. Let E denote the total energy inside the system, then E is also the total kinetic energy. On one hand, we have
dE=d(12mv2)=d(12μv2t)=12μv2dt.
On the other hand, we have dE=Fdx=dpdtdx=vdp=vd(μtv)=μv2dt,
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