Timeline for How does non-commutativity lead to uncertainty?
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| Jul 13, 2019 at 11:33 | comment | added | Ruslan | "can't think of any examples of this situation in real physics" — example: angular momentum projection operators $\hat L_z$ and $\hat L_x$ for the states with $l=0$. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 11:05 | comment | added | Raphael J.F. Berger | What is $B(a,b)$? According to your definition it is not clear what type of quantitiy results from applying $B$ to the vector. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 0:37 | comment | added | TheQuantumMan | @MarkEichenlaub hello, great answer. I am aware that you have some free notes available, and judging from how clear and intuitive your answer is, i would definitely want to check them out if you can provide me with a link! | |
| Oct 7, 2012 at 1:35 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 2, 2011 at 17:15 | comment | added | Captain Giraffe | If you had written the physics literature I've already read I would have been a wiser man. Fantastic answer. | |
| Jun 2, 2011 at 15:41 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2011 at 12:31 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2011 at 12:25 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2011 at 11:27 | comment | added | qftme | If I could nominate this answer for an award I would. Since there are none, +1 will have to suffice. Great job though. | |
| May 26, 2011 at 5:56 | vote | accept | vonjd | ||
| May 25, 2011 at 21:32 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2011 at 16:43 | comment | added | Fabian | I guess you forgot to take the absolute value on the right side of your uncertainty relation. (Also people conventionally put a factor $\tfrac12$. However, this arguably depends on the definition of ∆A and ∆B.) | |
| May 25, 2011 at 12:00 | comment | added | vonjd | +1: Wow, what an explanation! Very impressive - thank you so much! | |
| May 25, 2011 at 10:32 | history | edited | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2011 at 10:19 | history | answered | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 3.0 |