Physical Chemistry Third Edition

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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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