Recent content by erwin_the_kat

I would suggest finding Sakurai's Modern Quantum Mechanics, preferbly the newer edition (it has a mainly red cover) at a library. Also, if you are interested in a foundation for where quantum mechanics is going, I suggest looking at the many admirable presentations of quantum information, the...

degrees of knowledge My suggestion is to think about quantum mechanics as a theory that describes what you know and how well you can know it, rather than some reality that is "out there", independent of experiments.

1. If you measured the particle's position, then there was some resolution to your postion-measuring apparatus. Due to the uncertainty relation, you will have a minimum uncertainty in the particle's momentum, determined by the precise form of your initial wavefunction and the resolution of...