In a case in which the momentum component px of a particle is
fixed so that ?px = 0; then, from Heisenberg’s uncertainty
principle (Eq. 38-20), the position x of the particle is completely
unknown. From the same principle it follows that the opposite is
also true; that is, if the position of a particle is exactly known
(?x = 0), the uncertainty in its momentum is infinite. Consider an
intermediate case, in which the position of a particle is...