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  2. Uncertainty principle - Wikipedia

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    The uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg's indeterminacy principle, is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. It states that there is a limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties, such as position and momentum, can be simultaneously known. In other words, the more accurately one property is measured ...

  3. Propagation of uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    Any non-linear differentiable function, (,), of two variables, and , can be expanded as + +. If we take the variance on both sides and use the formula [11] for the variance of a linear combination of variables ⁡ (+) = ⁡ + ⁡ + ⁡ (,), then we obtain | | + | | +, where is the standard deviation of the function , is the standard deviation of , is the standard deviation of and = is the ...

  4. Uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    Uncertainty or incertitude refers to ... There is some controversy in physics as to whether such uncertainty is an irreducible property of nature or if there are ...

  5. Quantum fluctuation - Wikipedia

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    3D visualization of quantum fluctuations of the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) vacuum [1]. In quantum physics, a quantum fluctuation (also known as a vacuum state fluctuation or vacuum fluctuation) is the temporary random change in the amount of energy in a point in space, [2] as prescribed by Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

  6. Experimental uncertainty analysis - Wikipedia

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    For example, an experimental uncertainty analysis of an undergraduate physics lab experiment in which a pendulum can estimate the value of the local gravitational acceleration constant g. The relevant equation [1] for an idealized simple pendulum is, approximately,

  7. Quantum non-equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    Craig Callender: The emergence and interpretation of probability in Bohmian mechanics (slightly longer and uncorrected version of the paper published in Studies in History and Philosophy of modern Physics 38 (2007), 351–370) Detlef Dürr et al.: Quantum equilibrium and the origin of absolute uncertainty, arXiv:quant-ph/0308039v1 6 August 2003

  8. Zero-point energy - Wikipedia

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    Zero-point energy is fundamentally related to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. [91] Roughly speaking, the uncertainty principle states that complementary variables (such as a particle's position and momentum, or a field's value and derivative at a point in space) cannot simultaneously be specified precisely by any given quantum state. In ...

  9. Generalized uncertainty principle - Wikipedia

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    The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) represents a pivotal extension of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, incorporating the effects of gravitational forces to refine the limits of measurement precision within quantum mechanics. Rooted in advanced theories of quantum gravity, including string theory and loop quantum gravity, the GUP ...