wave mechanics

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This is not a new observation and standard wave mechanics can describe most of these daily phenomena.

From Science Daily

Heisenberg had developed his version of quantum mechanics, separate from Schrödinger’s wave mechanics, known as matrix mechanics.

From Salon

The observation excited the attention of the Austrian Erwin Schrödinger, who made some deft refinements and devised a handy system called wave mechanics.

From Literature

Our understanding of wave mechanics, on which those models are based, is wildly incomplete.

From New York Times

Here is a book that ticks off the reactions of Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Born and Dirac to Schrödinger’s “wave mechanics,” and shows how remarkably smoothly Oppenheimer insinuated himself into those ranks.

From New York Times