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Part of the book series: Classics in Mathematics ((CLASSICS,volume 177))

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If the normalization relation

$$\int {{d^3}} x\psi * \psi = 1$$
((1.1))

is interpreted in the sense of probability theory, so that \({d^3}x\psi * \psi\) is the probability of finding the particle under consideration in the volume element d3x, then there must be a conservation law. This is to be derived. How may it be interpreted classically?

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Flügge, S. (1999). General Concepts. In: Practical Quantum Mechanics. Classics in Mathematics, vol 177. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61995-3_1

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