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Schrödinger’s equation has been recently derived as a continuum approximation to the propagation of second order effects in Brownian processes on discrete lattices. Such derivations give an alternative context for Schrödinger’s equation apart from it’s context in Quantum mechanics. In the new context, the underlying stochastic model is completely ‘realist’ and wave functions are observable. A simple version of this is considered in light of locality, and non-locality is seen to be an artifact of the continuum limit. Modifications of this result for relativistic systems, and possible modifications for microscopic models of quantum mechanics are discussed.
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Ord, G.N. (1998). Classical Embeddings of Schrödinger’s Equation and Non-Locality. In: Hunter, G., Jeffers, S., Vigier, JP. (eds) Causality and Locality in Modern Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0990-3_43
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