Re: Schrodinger equation origins

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Hi Larry-
        Schroedinger's writings are very clear about his thinking.  See
            Erwin Schroedinger, Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Distributor: American Mathematical Society
Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing
Publication Year: 1982
ISBN: 0-8218-2976-9
Paging: 224 pp.
Binding: Softcover
                        Regards,
                                Jack

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Larry Smith wrote:

> One of my intro Modern Physics texts says regarding the genesis (origin) of
> the Schrodinger wave equation "Like the classical wave equation, the
> Schrodinger equation relates the time and space derivatives of the wave
> function.  Schrodinger's reasoning is somewhat difficult to follow and is
> not important for our purposes.  In any case, the Schrodinger equation
> cannot be derived, just as Newton's laws of motion cannot be derived."
>
> Can the list give me a sense of Schrodinger's line of reasoning in
> developing his wave equation?
>
> Thanks,
> Larry

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