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The Principles of Quantum
Mechanics. I. De Broglie Waves
and the Schrödinger Equation
PRINCIPAL FACTS AND IDEAS
1. The “matter waves” of de Broglie led to quantum mechanics.
2. The Schrödinger equation describes the waves that correspond to states of
systems.
3. The Schrödinger equation has a time-dependent version and a
time-independent version.
4. The time-independent Schrödinger equation can be solved for some
simple systems and produces quantization as a natural part of the solution.
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