The classical roots of wave mechanics: Schrödinger's transformations of the optical-mechanical analogy

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.06.007zbMATH Open1228.81013OpenAlexW2146067378MaRDI QIDQ652755FDOQ652755

Authors: Christian Joas, Christoph Lehner 

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.06.007

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicswave mechanicsoptical-mechanical analogyE. Schrödinger

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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