Conjugate variables: Difference between revisions

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<math>[\hat{x},\hat{p}]=\hat{x}\hat{p}-\hat{p}\hat{x}=i \hbar</math>

For every non-zero commutator of two operators, there exists an "uncertainty principle", which in our present example of <math> x </math> and <math> p </math> may be expressed in the form:

<math> \Delta x \Delta p \geq \hbar/2 </math>