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| - | ----- | + | Now, if we send individual electrons onto a double slit we would naively expect the same result as for balls. However, in reality, we observe an interference pattern like we did for waves. |
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| + | The double slit experiment, therefore, exemplifies that we need waves to describe particles. | ||
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