Schroedinger discovery of wave mechanics
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Schroedinger's great discovery of wave mechanics in 1926 - his annus mirabilis - is discussed in detail. Beside the six most important papers that appeared during the first half of 1926, letters between Schroedinger and leading physicists at this time are main sources of this account.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0110097,
title = {Schroedinger discovery of wave mechanics},
author = {Norbert Straumann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0110097},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited talk at the symposium: "Schroedinger's Wavemechanics 75 Years After" (Universitaet Zurich, 24-25 April 2001), 26 pages, 2 figures, text in german