Schrödinger formulation of quantum mechanics

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The Schrödinger formulation of quantum mechanics is the standard wave-mechanics approach in which the state of a quantum system evolves in time according to the Schrödinger equation acting on wavefunctions in Hilbert space.

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instanceOf formulation of quantum mechanics
physical theory
wave mechanics
alsoKnownAs Schrödinger picture NERFINISHED
wave-mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics
appliesTo non-relativistic quantum systems
assumes completeness of eigenstates of observables
linear evolution of quantum states
unitarity of time evolution
basedOn Schrödinger equation NERFINISHED
compatibleWith entanglement
superposition of states
coreEquation time-independent Schrödinger equation
Ĥ|ψ⟩ = E|ψ⟩
describes time evolution of quantum states
frameworkType first-quantized theory
generalizedBy relativistic quantum field theory
historicallyIntroducedBy Erwin Schrödinger NERFINISHED
implies uncertainty relations
introducedInYear 1926
mathematicallyEquivalentTo Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics
Heisenberg formulation of quantum mechanics NERFINISHED
measurementPostulate eigenvalue–eigenvector structure of observables
observableRepresentation self-adjoint operators on Hilbert space
predicts probability distributions of measurement outcomes
relatedConcept density matrix formalism NERFINISHED
path integral formulation of quantum mechanics NERFINISHED
stateRepresentation ket vector |ψ⟩
wavefunction ψ(x,t)
stateSpace complex Hilbert space
timeEvolutionGivenBy iħ ∂|ψ(t)⟩/∂t = Ĥ|ψ(t)⟩
time-dependent Schrödinger equation
usedIn atomic physics
condensed matter physics
molecular physics
quantum chemistry
quantum information theory
usesConcept Born rule NERFINISHED
Hamiltonian operator NERFINISHED
Hilbert space NERFINISHED
linear operators
probability amplitude
state vector
superposition principle
unitary time evolution
wavefunction
usesRepresentation energy eigenbasis
momentum representation
position representation

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Weil representation constructedVia Schrödinger formulation of quantum mechanics
this entity surface form: Schrödinger model
Heisenberg operator formulation of quantum mechanics equivalentTo Schrödinger formulation of quantum mechanics
Léon Brillouin notableWork Schrödinger formulation of quantum mechanics
this entity surface form: La mécanique ondulatoire de Schrödinger