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The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms
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3Blue1Brown shows how the uncertainty principle arises from Fourier transforms. A wave packet cannot be narrow in both position and frequency, so the principle is a property of waves rather than of measurement.
HN recommends it as the clearest visual explanation that uncertainty is intrinsic to waves, separate from measurement disturbance.
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