Erwin Schrödinger — Wave Mechanics

The following sections are included:

• Schrödinger Enters the Scene

• A Complete Theory

• The Wave Function

• The Wave Function of a Free Electron

• Superposing Momenta

• All Roads Lead to the Uncertainty Principle

• The Superposition of States and the Collapse of the Wave Function

• The Schrödinger Equations

• Potential Well

• The Hydrogen Atom

• Two Roads to the Same Goal

• Interpretation of the Wave Function

• Probability

• Schrödinger Tries to Avoid ‘Probabilities’

• Bohr Invites Schrödinger to Copenhagen