10.2b Wave-packet labs

Source: Lab ideas from Computational Physics (Landau, Páez, Bordeianu), §10.2. Original drills. Continues 10.2.

Explorer

Pure Python. No NumPy.

Formula refresh

Warm up: pick the matching equation among lookalikes (same walk as the theory lesson).

Labs

Activity: $\Delta t$ for $N=6$, $\omega_0=5$

Print $\Delta t=N\cdot 2\pi/\omega_0$ with 10 decimals.

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Write-ups

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10.2b.W1

Using “uncertainty”, “time”, and “frequency”, explain:

Why can a wavelet not be both infinitely sharp in time and infinitely sharp in frequency?

Minimum 3 words. Your answer must include: “uncertainty”, “time”, “frequency”.

0 words/ 3 min

Meet the writing requirements, then you can open the model answer.

Next: 10.3 Short-time Fourier transforms.