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LECTURE 34
     parts of homework 3A

questions 33d, e, due Friday, November 21

33. one point, from Lectures 33 and 34, many short answer, with some symbols

(d) .1 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. State Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relation for energy and time, defining each symbol, and say in your own words what this specific uncertainty relation means (.1).

(e) .3 Determinism. Express Newton's view of a deterministic physical world in terms of his second law and initial conditions for solving it (.1). How does the quantum theory of measurement destroy that view (.1)? When is Newton's description valid (.1)?


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