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Could it be said (as my question implies) that elementary particles (can) exist in three quite different states: wave, point-particle and superposition?

So, a wave or a point-particle could be 2 manifestations of an elementary particle in "our-macrocosmos dimension" and a superposition would be a third state of a particle in "quantum-microcosmos dimension"?

Does this makes any sense?

sabiland
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  • Superposition and waves go hand-in-hand. These two ideas aren't as separate as one may think. – BMS Mar 21 '14 at 21:35
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    But any state is a superposition of other states. A 'point-particle' state is a superposition of, e.g., momentum eigenstates, energy eigenstates, etc. A 'wave' state is a superposition of position eigenstates, etc. etc. This is the nature of a vector space. – Alfred Centauri Mar 21 '14 at 23:09

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