Schrödinger equation (time dependent)
type: Item
instance of: mathematical expression
instance of: continuous-space expression
instance of: continuous-time expression
description: One of the fundamental postulates of Quantum Mechanics on the time evolution of quantum states.
defining formula: i ℏ ∂ ∂ t | ψ ( t ) ⟩ = H ^ | ψ ( t ) ⟩
in defining formula: H
in defining formula: ℏ
in defining formula: ψ ( t )
in defining formula: t
in defining formula: i
community: MathModDB
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI formula profile
contains: quantum Hamiltonian (electric charge)
contains: quantum Hamiltonian (electric polarizability)
contains: quantum Hamiltonian (electric dipole)
contains: Hamiltonian operator
contains: quantum state vector (dynamic)
contains: time
specialized by: Hamilton's equations
specialized by: time-independent Schrödinger equation
specialized by: Newton second law of motion for constant mass
specialized by: Darwin-Howie-Whelan equation for a strained crystal
specialized by: Darwin-Howie-Whelan equation for an unstrained crystal
specialized by: heavy particle Newton equation
specialized by: light particle TDSE
specialized by: light particle TISE
discretized by: Schrödinger equation (Strang-Marchuk)
discretized by: second order differencing method
discretized by: Schrödinger equation (Chebychev polynomial)
discretized by: Schrödinger equation (differencing scheme)
discretized by: Schrödinger equation (Lie-Trotter)
discretized by: Schrödinger equation (split operator)
assumes: closed system approximation
named after: Erwin Schrödinger
related URL: Schrödinger equation
related URL: Q165498
description: partial differential equation describing how the quantum state of a non-relativistic physical system changes with time