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Schrödinger equation

The Schrödinger equation describes the status of a quantum system.

 

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Explanation

The time development of the wave function of a one-particle system is described by the time-dependent Schrödinger equation

where

i	Imaginary unit
ℏ	Reduced Planck constant
	Partial derivative with respect to time
ψ	Wave function
m	Inertial mass
∇2	Laplacian differential operator
V	External (classical) potential

 

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History The Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger postulated this equation for the wave function of a quantum system in 1925.

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