Question
What do you understand by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle?
Solution
Heisenberg (1927) states that it is impossible to measure simultaneously both the position and momentum (or velocity) of a microscopic particle, with absolute accuracy or certainty.
Mathematically,![<pre>uncaught exception: <b>file_put_contents(/home/config_admin/public/felixventures.in/public/application/css/plugins/tiny_mce_wiris/integration/lib/com/wiris/plugin/web/../../../../../../formulas/4a/69/9f3953c0ca6a9616b63648402631.ini): failed to open stream: Permission denied (errno: 2) in /home/config_admin/public/felixventures.in/public/application/css/plugins/tiny_mce_wiris/integration/lib/sys/io/File.class.php at line #12file_put_contents(/home/config_admin/public/felixventures.in/public/application/css/plugins/tiny_mce_wiris/integration/lib/com/wiris/plugin/web/../../../../../../formulas/4a/69/9f3953c0ca6a9616b63648402631.ini): failed to open stream: Permission denied</b><br /><br />in file: /home/config_admin/public/felixventures.in/public/application/css/plugins/tiny_mce_wiris/integration/lib/sys/io/File.class.php line 12<br />#0 [internal function]: _hx_error_handler(2, 'file_put_conten...', '/home/config_ad...', 12, Array)
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where ∆x = uncertainty in position;
h = Planck’s constant.
∆p = uncertainty in momentum
Since
is constant, this means that the two are inversely proportional to each other. Thus if position is known with more accuracy, there will be more uncertainty in momentum and vice versa.
Mathematically,
where ∆x = uncertainty in position;
h = Planck’s constant.
∆p = uncertainty in momentum
Since
is constant, this means that the two are inversely proportional to each other. Thus if position is known with more accuracy, there will be more uncertainty in momentum and vice versa.
