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The Schrödinger equation via an operator functional equation

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In this paper we derive the Schrödinger equation by comparing quantum statistics with classical statistical mechanics, identifying similarities and differences, and developing an operator functional equation which is solved in a completely algebraic fashion with no appeal to spatial invariances or symmetries.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Lederle Graduate Research Center, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts

    Donald E. Catlin

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Catlin, D.E. The Schrödinger equation via an operator functional equation. Found Phys 20, 667–690 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01889454

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