The standard deviation is not an adequate measure of quantum uncertainty
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An operator's variance does not provide a suitable measure of quantum uncertainty.
“it was further argued that the variance of an operator is not an adequate measure of quantum uncertainty [19,20]”
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- Authors
- Hilgevoord, J.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Hilgevoord, Jan
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2002-09-12
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 983-983
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2024122998
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Physics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
- Keywords
- quantum uncertainty, standard deviation, quantum measurement, uncertainty measures, quantum mechanics
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