wave mechanics

wave mechanics
a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation. Cf. matrix mechanics.
[1925-30]

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      quantum mechanics, especially that version originally developed (1926) by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger. See Schrödinger equation.

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