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    Louis De Smedt
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    Suppose you are in the nucleus of a hydrogen atom, namely the proton, you can then see that an elekron is moving around you. This is the 1s electron of the hydrogen and moves very randomly. Suppose you take several pictures of the electron after a certain times (say 10 minutes). If you compare these pictures you will notice that the electron is usually close to you. This is the time-averaged position of the electron.

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