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asimov42
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Hi all,
Yet another question: if the universe is finite, then linear momentum should be quantized (I assume in a similar manner to an infinite potential well since there are boundary conditions). My question is, then, if one computes a value for ##\Delta p## (momentum variance), is the variance also quantized? Due to the uncertainty principle, the variance cannot be zero - but I'm unsure about the implications of quantized momentum.
Yet another question: if the universe is finite, then linear momentum should be quantized (I assume in a similar manner to an infinite potential well since there are boundary conditions). My question is, then, if one computes a value for ##\Delta p## (momentum variance), is the variance also quantized? Due to the uncertainty principle, the variance cannot be zero - but I'm unsure about the implications of quantized momentum.