Here is the whole Box 2.2, at Page 55
The dot behind the second −p2 seems to be a "planck mass" (sarcasm, flea egg) or just the book's style to use Dot behind the equations. So the Equation is basically;
−p2=m=E2−p2 which can be written
−p2=E2−p2 and if we add on both sides +p2 we have
0=E2
My question is "What is wrong here?" as here is no logic.
The same problem is already written above as p2=−E2+p2 which is again nothing else than
0=−E2
In my World I see it so; m2=0
thus m2=E2−p2 is 0=E2−p2 and E2=p2
Answer
It's a bit hard to see in this typography, but the two p are supposed to be different. The p on the l.h.s. is the four-momentum p=(p0,p1,p2,p3)T, the one on the r.h.s is the three-momentum →p=(p1,p2,p3)T, and then p2=E2−→p2
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