Talk:Conjugate variables
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[edit] examples
Time and frequency should be probably: the more precisely we now the time a musical note sounded, the less precisely we know its frequency.
- That phrasing is worse, because when you say "we know the time a musical note sounded", readers will think "time" means "duration", which leads to an incorrect understanding. If you really want to press the analogy with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, you would have to say something like, "the more precisely we can associate a particular instant in time with a musical note (that is, the shorter it is), the less precisely we can associate a particular frequency with that note (that is, it will encompass a larger frequency band)." In the context of this page, it's hardly worth the effort to go through all that; I think the way it's written perfectly adequate. Steve 20:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Disambig needed
If someone has time, could they make this page into a disambig. Thanks: --Sadi Carnot 16:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
