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Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Imply Energy Nonconservation?

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The short answer is: no, there’s no violation. The longer answer can be this: Given the probabilistic aspect of quantum theory, what do we mean now, by “conservation of energy”? In quantum theory, it can be expressed in two different ways. The first way is this: A state with a precisely known energy will always...

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