Reciprocity, complementarity and minimal action

Antonopoulos, C

dc.contributor.author	Antonopoulos, C	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:53:45Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:53:45Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	01824295	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27116
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dc.title	Reciprocity, complementarity and minimal action	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	It is shown that the quantum uncertainties can be derived directly from the limits imposed on action, Et=pτ=h., without introducing further, more complex premises. The weird predictions entailed by such premises, namely the Fourier treatment of E=hτ leading to τEτ t≠h, which have caused the scepticism of all concerned since the first appearance of the Aharonov-Bohm attack on τ Eτ t≠h, are completely avoided and this uncertainty, as presently interpreted, complies fully with ordinary experience. A distinction is drawn between a 'particle' associated with a wave and action thus associated, rendering wave-particle duality idle as a basis of complementary reasoning. Reciprocity, a concept introduced by Bohr but kept behind the scenes, is reinstated and understood as a duette of complementary ""counter-happenings"" at either end of a quantized unit of action, the E,p end, on the one hand, the t,q end. on the other, and is shown to be the mediating ling between quantum wholeness and complementarity.	en
heal.journalName	Annales de la Fondation Louis de Broglie	en
dc.identifier.volume	29	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	427	en
dc.identifier.epage	446	en