Why QM Needs Time-Reversibility & Unitarity Explained

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i read a text at www.askmathmacian.com, and i don't understood this

"QM requires that time-reversibility (or “unitarity”, to a professional) holds"

why QM need time-reversibility?
and what's relation between time-reversibility and unitarity?
 
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More transparent statement:

The time-dependent Schroedinger equation is time-symmetric. This means that for any its solution

$$
\psi(r,t)
$$
and any ##t_0## the function

$$
\psi^*(r, t_0- t)
$$

is also its solution.
 
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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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