No. The quadratic equation has two solutions because 2nd degree polynomials in general will cross the x-axis not at all or twice. If it doesn't cross the x-axis at all, the roots will be imaginary. When you're trying to find the solution to a physics problem, you usually will find reason to prefer one root to the other. For example, maybe two different speeds satisfy the same equation, but since there's no such thing as negative speed the positive root is the one to go with.
The same thing happens in celestial mechanics. Ellipses have two foci, but when the ellipse is an orbit only one of the foci will have any physical significance: e.g., the sun will be there. The other focus is meaningless, like the extraneous root in a quadratic equation.
Quantum uncertainty is a real condition of existence. With quantum uncertainty, nothing is extraneous because whatever is, isn't nothing.
2006-07-08 07:55:45
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answered by David S 5
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As you've been told by other answers, no.
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle comes from being able to calculate the position OR the momentum of a sub-atomic particle, but not both at the same time. The two answers you get from a Quadratic are both definitive answers, and really don't have much to do with the movement of subatomic particles.
2006-07-08 15:12:16
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answered by Abraham S 1
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no
sorry
the fact that a quadratic function usually has 2 solutions has nothing to do with the quantum uncertainty
I like the way you think, though
2006-07-08 14:47:11
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answered by enginerd 6
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yeah right. what about cubic equations with 3 roots?
2006-07-08 16:21:41
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answered by Anonymous
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I'll have one of whatever you're smoking.
2006-07-08 14:47:06
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answered by Pascal 7
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