Unprincipling Heisenberg’s uncertainties

Josee R. Croca

Csaba Szántay, Jr.

According to a widespread notion, a monochromatic harmonic temporal wave’s frequency ω becomes inherently “uncertain” to a degree ω Δ if the wave lasts for only a limited time t Δ owing to the “Uncertainty Principle” which states that constant ≥ ω Δ ⋅ Δt (i.e. ω Δ cannot be zero if t Δ is finite). This frequency uncertainty is commonly thought of as also being reflected in the fact that the (“sinc”-shaped) frequency spectrum obtained by Fouriertransforming a finite-duration monochromatic wave spreads over a nonzero frequency range. Since, as often argued, the Fourier spectrum represents the ”frequency components” of a temporal function (or signal), the nonzero width of the spectrum tells us that the ”nominally” monochromatic ω frequency of a time-limited sinusoid is “effectively” polychromatic, with frequencies continuously distributed over a ω Δ range in accord with the Uncertainty Principle.

John P. Ralston

How to Understand Quantum Mechanics presents an accessible introduction to understanding quantum mechanics in a natural and intuitive way, which was advocated by Erwin Schroedinger and Albert Einstein. A theoretical physicist reveals dozens of easy tricks that avoid long calculations, makes complicated things simple, and bypasses the worthless anguish of famous scientists who died in angst. The author's approach is light-hearted, and the book is written to be read without equations, however all relevant equations still appear with explanations as to what they mean. The book entertainingly rejects quantum disinformation, the MKS unit system (obsolete), pompous non-explanations, pompous people, the hoax of the 'uncertainty principle' (it is just a math relation), and the accumulated junk-DNA that got into the quantum operating system by misreporting it. The order of presentation is new and also unique by warning about traps to be avoided, while separating topics such as quantum probability to let the Schroedinger equation be appreciated in the simplest way on its own terms. This is also the first book on quantum theory that is not based on arbitrary and confusing axioms or foundation principles. The author is so unprincipled he shows where obsolete principles duplicated basic math facts, became redundant, and sometimes were just pawns in academic turf wars. The book has many original topics not found elsewhere, and completely researched references to original historical sources and anecdotes concerting the unrecognized scientists who actually did discover things, did not all get Nobel prizes, and yet had interesting productive lives.

Benjamin Bähr, Boris Lemmer, Rina Piccolo

Jesi Pebralia

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is the basic foundation of quantum physics that characterizes quantum physics with classical physics. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle provides boundaries where there are no absolute measurement results in any quantum measurement. Along with the development of increasingly sophisticated measurement instruments in the 21st century, presents the opportunity for the emergence of modifications from the Heisenberg uncertainty principle from the general form of existing formulations. This study aims to provide an overview of the opportunities for Heisenberg uncertainty formulation and provide a description of the stages of the Heisenberg uncertainty formulation's uncertainty formulations that have been reviewed by previous researchers. The research method used is the method of literature study that aims to find out the background and theories of the development of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and to explain the formulation directly which aims to determine the technical sequence of modifications to the existing formulation. Through this research, the authors managed to get an opportunity for the emergence of new modifications to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle formulation.