Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Whether the statement "the ground-state energy in the hydrogen atom can be precisely known but that the excited states have some uncertainties in their values" remains consistent with the uncertainty principle kept in its energy form.

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