Skip to main content

Postulate 4

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Elements of Classical and Quantum Physics

Part of the book series: UNITEXT for Physics ((UNITEXTPH))

  • 1968 Accesses

Abstract

The time evolution of \(\psi \) is governed by the Schrödinger equation

$$\begin{aligned} i \hbar \frac{\partial \psi }{\partial t}= \hat{H}(t) \psi (t), \end{aligned}$$

where \(\hat{H}(t)\) is the Hamiltonian.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    The original paper by Kato is somewhat involved, but for a simple proof see D.J. Griffiths, “Introduction to Quantum Mechanics”, Prentice Hall.

  2. 2.

    Wootters, W.K. and Zurek, W.H.: A Single Quantum Cannot be Cloned. Nature 299 (1982), pp. 802–803.

  3. 3.

    Richard Feynman (New York City 1918–1988) won the Nobel in 1965 for the invention of his diagrams and his contributions to Quantum Electrodynamics.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michele Cini .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Cini, M. (2018). Postulate 4. In: Elements of Classical and Quantum Physics. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71330-4_15

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics