In physics, complementarity is both a theoretical and an experimental result [1][2][3] of quantum mechanics, also referred as principle of complementarity, closely associated with the Copenhagen interpretation. It holds that objects have complementary properties which cannot be measured accurately at the same time. The more accurately one property is measured, the less accurately the complementary property is measured, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Further, a full description of a particular type of phenomenon can only be achieved through measurements made in each of the various possible bases — which are thus complementary. The complementarity principle was formulated by Niels Bohr, a leading founder of quantum mechanics.[4]
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Stapp, H. (2009). Complementarity Principle. In Compendium of Quantum Physics (pp. 111–113). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_33
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