How Schro discovered his equation

g.lemaitre

I keep reading that Schro's equation was the best one that fit the data. Well, what data was he looking at? I keep waiting to see the data that he analyzed to come up with his equation and I never run into it.

g.lemaitre

I'm a little skeptical that no one know the answer to this

Reptillian

I found an english copy of his paper on the subject.

http://einstein.drexel.edu/~bob/Quan...ers/Schr_1.pdf

jtbell

Also see some comments on Schrödinger's train of thought here:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthr...069#post418069

The_Duck

I think the main thing that first convinced people the Schrodinger equation was right was that it predicted the correct spectrum for the hydrogen atom.

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g.lemaitre	How Schro discovered his equation Tweet I keep reading that Schro's equation was the best one that fit the data. Well, what data was he looking at? I keep waiting to see the data that he analyzed to come up with his equation and I never run into it.

Reptillian	I found an english copy of his paper on the subject. http://einstein.drexel.edu/~bob/Quan...ers/Schr_1.pdf

jtbell Mentor	How Schro discovered his equation Also see some comments on Schrödinger's train of thought here: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthr...069#post418069

The_Duck	I think the main thing that first convinced people the Schrodinger equation was right was that it predicted the correct spectrum for the hydrogen atom.