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Wave and Matrix Mechanics Equivalence

Austria · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1926

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrodinger4 May 1926

Zurich · Science / Physics

Publishes a demonstration that his wave mechanics and Heisenberg's matrix mechanics are mathematically equivalent formulations of quantum theory.

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Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrodinger

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