Schrodinger's equation is usually treated as a postulate, and IMHO that's the best approach, rather than some kind of derivation based on chronologically earlier, but less general, principles and ...

Everything in physics is described by an equation. Equations can describe the shape of lines, curves, surfaces, and just about any object you can think of. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to think of ...

Physicists have proposed modifications to the infamous Schrödinger's cat paradox that could help explain why quantum particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously, while large objects ...

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