Halvorson, Hans (2001) Complementarity of representations in quantum mechanics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We show that Bohr's principle of complementarity between position and momentum descriptions can be formulated rigorously as a claim about the existence of representations of the CCRs. In particular, in any representation where the position operator has eigenstates, there is no momentum operator, and vice versa. Equivalently, if there are nonzero projections corresponding to sharp position values, all spectral projections of the momentum operator map onto the zero element.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Halvorson, Hans
Keywords:	complementarity, Bohr, canonical commutation relations, Weyl algebra
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Hans Halvorson
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2001
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:10
Item ID:	444
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	October 2001
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/444

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