Timeline for Uncertainty in position and kinetic energy
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| Sep 30, 2014 at 15:21 | comment | added | StephenJ | Yes, that is correct. Kinetic energy and position do not obey the same kind of uncertainty relation that position and momentum do. I wouldn't say that df/dx necessarily has direct physical significance, but if f is the wavefunction then -i hbar df/dx is the momentum. | |
| Sep 30, 2014 at 4:18 | comment | added | Coburn | Just to clarify, so is there no "uncertainty principle" for kinetic energy and position like the way position and momentum do? Also, I'm wondering what is the physical meaning/significance of df/dx? | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 21:05 | history | answered | StephenJ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |