What experiment demonstrates Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?

  • #51
bhobba said:
That's the modelling bit. Its used all the time in applied math eg short electrical impulses are modeled by a Dirac delta function - that the slit is of very small width is modeled similarly.

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Bill
That's fine for electrical impulses, now go ahead and try that modelling bit to approximate Heisenberg inequality for position and momentum, you are welcome to try Δx=0 or Δp=0 and see what you get. It's no big deal, just modelling...
 
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Theoretically, they take every possible path connecting the two points and they can exist anywhere during the trip. It is all based on probability.
 
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