In 1926 Erwin Schrodinger published a consistent mathematical theory of quantum mechanics, which became known as wave mechanics. He developed a partial differential equation, the ► Schrodinger equation, which now is considered the basic equation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Although wave mechanics was soon shown to be equivalent to ► matrix mechanics, the competing theory of quantum mechanics developed by Werner Heisenberg in 1925, many physicists favored wave mechanics, because they considered it more intuitive and because the ► Schrodinger equation was often easier to solve than the Heisenberg equation.
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Wave Function Energy Operator Hamiltonian Operator Schrodinger Equation Wave Mechanics
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