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/Quantum_Papers/Schr_1.pdf

 

[jtbell]

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

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=418069#post418069

 

[The_Duck]

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