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To: Socratic
Space and time are not quantized in most representations of quantum mechanics. A free particle may occupy any spatial position. A constrained particle may have quantized positions.
44 posted on 07/31/2003 8:35:10 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
"Space and time are not quantized in most representations of quantum mechanics. A free particle may occupy any spatial position. A constrained particle may have quantized positions."

Could it not be that he is saying that common notions of contraint are not valid because it relies upon a notion of "pointness" or, by extention, definite boundaries? Perhaps certain spatial positions, even in a macroscopic world, would not be valid?
59 posted on 07/31/2003 9:10:11 AM PDT by Socratic (A little questioning couldn't hurt.)
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