Schrodinger Equation a constant?

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Im new to all of this a just started studying quantum mechanics and the time-dependent schrodinger equation. What attributes must be known of a particle to use the schrodinger equation? Also is the wave function considered a constant?
 
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if you are using constant in the normal way, no. The wave function is a function, which I suppose encompasses constants also. \psi, a state, is a vector on a complex separable Hilbert space.

As far was what particles can be used with the SE, non-relativistic QM is the standard model of mechanics for non-relativistic, low-energy limit systems and has been worked out substantially. So, any particle, or body period, so long as you stay in the realm of non-relativistic mechanics can be "input" into the SE...
 
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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