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The Uncertainty Principle Explained Through Fourier Transforms

3Blue1Brown · Explainer · YouTube title: The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms
Why it's here

HN recommends it as the clearest visual explanation that uncertainty is intrinsic to waves, separate from measurement disturbance.

What it covers

3Blue1Brown shows how the uncertainty principle arises from Fourier transforms. A wave packet cannot be narrow in both position and frequency, so the principle is a property of waves rather than of measurement.