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bugatti79
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Folks,
I am reading some literature on QM. From what I understand QM can be used to great accuracy to predict the outcome of experiments and help to improve technology etc etc without having to worry to much about what it means i.e. the interpretations etc, i.e. the shut up and calculate approach.
I also read that QM can only provide analytical solutions to very simple cases like square wells, the simple oscillator which does not exist in reality.
So the question I have is what tools do Q physicists use in typical every work. Is it numerical methods/solutions mainly used instead of analytical methods to predict every quantum systems?
Cheers
I am reading some literature on QM. From what I understand QM can be used to great accuracy to predict the outcome of experiments and help to improve technology etc etc without having to worry to much about what it means i.e. the interpretations etc, i.e. the shut up and calculate approach.
I also read that QM can only provide analytical solutions to very simple cases like square wells, the simple oscillator which does not exist in reality.
So the question I have is what tools do Q physicists use in typical every work. Is it numerical methods/solutions mainly used instead of analytical methods to predict every quantum systems?
Cheers