Friday 13 March 2020

Heisenberg uncertainty principle, what is it?


Heisenberg uncertainty principle (HUP), what is it? Before this gets marked as a duplicate, i've went through most of the posts here already, many of them multiple times. I've went through countless resources (youtube, wikipedia, etc.) and for years it seems i've have been trying to get a definitive answer on what the HUP is.


I swear i've seen 5 or so different definitions all from sources that act like they know what's going on. Some will say description X is a misconception while others say it's description Y and so on, nobody seems to be in agreement. Anyway, before someone posts the uncertainty in momentum is inversely proportional to the uncertainty in position equation, i know what that it means mathematically. What i don't understand is why and how that translates to the real world and QM and waves. I was hoping i could get an answer here that might shed some light on what the other answers and videos i've seen have not been able to.




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