Matter Waves As Standing Waves

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IN an atom why the matter waves associated with electron is regarded as standing wave having varying amplitude within a region and zero outside the region
 
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Since the symmetry is time-independent I guess. The potential does not vary with time.
 
You might want to tell me what kind of source you have for your statement, I do not recognize the logic of your statement.
 
Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
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