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| Jan 2 at 17:29 | comment | added | iVenky | I think you misunderstood the first question I asked before. If the electron is a sine wave with a specific wavelength, it has zero uncertainty in the momentum as the wavelength is fixed at one value, and the position of the electron is present throughout the sine wave. Does this mean a uniform distribution in the probability of finding the electron? Then both the statistical nature and the wave theory/uncertainty principle are linked in this way, isn't it? | |
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| Jan 2 at 12:06 | comment | added | Cleonis | @iVenky for how the wave nature gives rise to Heisenberg uncertainy I once again refer to the video by Grant Sanderson. As to the event of detection: the name 'collapse of the wavefunction' is already an overinterpretation. For comparison: the famous Sidney Harris cartoon then a miracle occurs It's funny because it's true. At present there is no theory that explains why detection occurs for entire units only; at present it must be accepted as is. | |
| Jan 2 at 11:07 | comment | added | iVenky | Thanks for the reply. I have 2 questions. 1) The wave nature or the uncertainty principle says the same thing, isn't it? I mean if you have a sine wave or zero uncertainty in the momentum, the position of the electron is present throughout the sine wave, which means uniform distribution, isn't it? (2) When you detect an electron, do we say the wavefunction has collapsed to that point? Is this the wavefunction collapse that's frequently talked about? | |
| Dec 25, 2023 at 6:51 | history | answered | Cleonis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |