In the case of quantum mechanics, there are so many convincing experimental results that many of the major textbooks do not really motivate the subject. Usually, many bubbling brooks and streams merge suddenly to form a mighty river. Often, it is difficult to locate uniquely its spring despite the fact that signs may officially mark its beginning. 'The birth of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation was perhaps not unlike the birth of a river. In the new study, the scientists have shown that it's possible to obtain the Schrödinger equation from a simple mathematical identity, and found that the mathematics involved may help answer some of the fundamental questions regarding this important equation.Īlthough much of the paper involves complex mathematical equations, the physicists describe the question of the Schrödinger equation's origins in a poetic way:
Schleich, et al., from institutions in Germany and the US, explain that physicists usually reach the Schrödinger equation using a mathematical recipe. In a new paper published in PNAS, Wolfgang P.
