On Quantum Indeterminacy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01103v1
• Date: Fri, 01 May 2026 21:18:25 GMT
• Title: On Quantum Indeterminacy
• Abstract summary: We introduce a geometric formulation of quantum indeterminacy from which the standard uncertainty inequalities emerge.<n>Our approach is based on convex geometry in phase space and on methods from symplectic topology.
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• Abstract: We introduce a geometric formulation of quantum indeterminacy from which the standard uncertainty inequalities emerge as necessary consequences. Our approach is based on convex geometry in phase space and on methods from symplectic topology, and does not rely on statistical descriptors such as variances or covariances. Instead, we associate to empirical position and momentum data with convex bodies whose mutual relations encode the fundamental constraints of quantum mechanics. The central tools are h-polar duality and symplectic capacities, which provide intrinsic, coordinate-free bounds on admissible phase-space configurations. Within this framework, the Robertson-Schrodinger inequalities arise naturally as manifestations of deeper geometric and topological principles. This perspective suggests that quantum indeterminacy is not primarily a statistical phenomenon, but rather a structural property of phase space governed by symplectic covariance. The results thus provide a unified and conceptually transparent foundation for the uncertainty principle.

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