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Episode 14: Principles of Quantum Mechanics

The Science of Everything Podcast

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The Wave Function and the Position of the Particle

The only way we can define the position of the particle more accurately is to add like these sine waves of different frequencies together. So, so as you add this together, most of the wave function now becomes flat. Most of it is destructive interference. But there are a few smaller areas that are, that are higher peaks. And so what we've done is we've confined the location of the, the particleMore accurately.

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