Taking Schrödinger Seriously, Module 1: What Is the Schrödinger Equation?

Taking Schrödinger Seriously, Module 1: What Is the Schrödinger Equation?, by Conjecture Institute Fellow Maxime Desalle

 

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

-Identify each symbol in the Schrödinger equation and explain what it represents,

-Describe what the wave function is and why it must be complex (here, complex

means ‘having both real and imaginary components’),

-Explain why the equation uses only the first derivative of Ψ, and what this implies

about determinism,

-Read the Hamiltonian as a specification of what physical situation the system is

in, and

-Articulate what the equation says, and what it does not say.

 

Read: https://www.conjectureinstitute.org/courses/schrodinger/Maxime%20Module%201.pdf

 

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