The uncertainty principle: A mathematical survey

被引:627
作者
Folland, GB [1 ]
Sitaram, A [1 ]
机构
[1] INDIAN STAT INST, DIV MATH & STAT, BANGALORE 560059, KARNATAKA, INDIA
关键词
uncertainty principle; Fourier transform; Heisenberg's inequality; logarithmic inequalities; Wigner distribution; Landau-Pollak-Slepian theory; phase space;
D O I
10.1007/BF02649110
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We survey various mathematical aspects of the uncertainty principle, including Heisenberg's inequality and its variants, local uncertainty inequalities, logarithmic uncertainty inequalities, results relating to Wigner distributions, qualitative uncertainty principles, theorems on approximate concentration, and decompositions of phase space.
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页码:207 / 238
页数:32
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