I don't know what I'm looking at but I thought it might be of interest to some of those versed in the area.
This link has graphic antimations of wave functions.
http://www.kw.igs.net/~jackord/bp/n4.html
geodesic
11-14-03, 08:40 AM
I don't know either, but it's some pretty impressive web graphics. I've seen another site with impressive But to me, pretty unhelpful) pictures:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/orbitron/
S. Dalal
11-19-03, 04:27 PM
Ok, this can be confusing due to the mathematics involved in something like this. You don't need differental calculus to undersdtand the basic principle that Schrodenger is trying to express. (excuse the spelling, I'm a mathematics major.)
I will do my best to put this into simple terms. Just like a linear function, for instance y = mx+b, we know that when we graph the function it will always remain the same. No matter what non-extranious values are put into the equation it will always be the same. What Schrodenger is expressing is the varience of the interval of the function. What he is trying to say is that if you graphed a function of a wave it would not always stay the same. This is becuase he has introduced a little thing we all like to call time. When you deal with a wave length you must take into effect the projected motion of the object. With a linear, polynomial, cubic, quadratic, quartic etc... functions you are dealing with theoritical numbers, or non tangent numbers. With a wave length there will be deviation of the projected graph, and the large and confusing equation you see on the link is the equation that can account for the deviation due to time.