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Schrödinger equation: the core of quantum mechanics
Diagram showing electron density shapes for atomic orbitals: A spherical s orbital at the top left, and three dumbbell-shaped p orbitals oriented along the x, y, and z axes below, each with labeled axes. Diagram comparing the hydrogen atom's energy levels using Bohr's model, the Schrodinger equation, and the Dirac equation, with horizontal lines representing quantized binding energies and labels for each energy state.
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Schrödinger equation: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: PNAS - Schrodinger equation revisited. Oct 13, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - European Journal of Physics - Derivation of the Schrödinger equation from QED (PDF). Jul 08, 2026
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 3 - The Schrӧdinger Equation. Jan 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Stanford University - Schrodinger Equation (PDF). May 23, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at USU - Schrodinger Equation (PDF). Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Victoria - Astronomy Research Centre - The Schrodinger wave equation (PDF). Jan 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Reed College - Schr�dinger's Equation (PDF). Dec 06, 2024
Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - The Schr?dinger Equation in a Classical Context: A Seminar on Superconductivity. Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Theoretical Condensed Matter - Wave mechanics and the Schr?odinger equation. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Weber State University - Department of Physics and Astronomy - The Schr?odinger Equations. Aug 02, 2024
Add new Web site: UCLA Department of Mathematics - The Schr?dinger Equation. May 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Utah State University?s Institutional Repository - Schrodinger Equation. Feb 25, 2024
Add new Web site: HyperPhysics - Schrodinger Equation. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Wave Mechanics and Schroedinger's equation. Oct 08, 2023
Add new Web site: The University of Virginia - Galileo - Schr�dinger�s Equation in 1-D: Some Examples. Jun 21, 2023
Add new Web site: PNAS - Physical Sciences - Schr�dinger equation revisited. Dec 21, 2022
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - The Schrödinger Equation. Sep 03, 2022
Media added. May 28, 2021
Add new Web site: Chemistry Dictionary - Definition of the Schr�dinger Equation. Oct 01, 2018
Add new Web site: Wolfram Research - Eric Weisstein's World of Physics - Schr�dinger Equation. Oct 31, 2017
Added "(For a fuller treatment of the Schrödinger equation, see quantum mechanics: Schrödinger?s wave mechanics.)" Jun 28, 2017
Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Schrodinger Equation. Dec 17, 2008
Article revised. Jan 11, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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