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Mathematical description of quantum state
In quantum mechanics, a wave function is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function are the Greek letters ψ and Ψ. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Wave functionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Review on Graphene‐Based Electromagnetic Functional Materials: Electromagnetic Wave Shielding and AbsorptionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Something Deeply HiddenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XX. A basis set for correlated wave functionsCited 17,437 times
- Go sideways: Schrödinger equationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Quantum stateA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Alternative spelling of wavefunction.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XX. A basis set for correlated wave functions
Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions
Electronic Population Analysis on LCAO–MO Molecular Wave Functions. I
Photoelectron Wave Function in Photoionization: Plane Wave or Coulomb Wave?
Product Wave Function Renormalization Group
HYDROGEN-ION WAVE FUNCTION
Wave-Shape Function Analysis
Wave function discord
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Review on Graphene‐Based Electromagnetic Functional Materials: Electromagnetic Wave Shielding and Absorption
Multifunctional SiC@SiO2 Nanofiber Aerogel with Ultrabroadband Electromagnetic Wave Absorption
Review of the no-boundary wave function
Detailed Complementary Consistency: Wave Function Tells Particle How to Hop, Particle Tells Wave Function How to Collapse
The wave function as a true ensemble
📚 Books worth reading
Something Deeply HiddenSean M. Carroll · 2019
A Student's Guide to the Schrödinger EquationDaniel A. Fleisch · 2019
The Meaning of the Wave FunctionShan Gao · 2017- 📕The space-time conservation element and solution element method--a new high-resolution and genuinely multidimensional paradigm for solving conservation lawsSin-Chung Chang · 1998
The wave functionDavid Z. Albert, Alyssa Ney · 2013
Bibliography of Ab Initio Molecular Wave FunctionsWilliam Graham Richards · 1974
Recent advances in coupled-cluster methodsRodney J. Bartlett · 1997- 📕Wave Momentum and Quasi-Particles in Physical AcousticsGerard A. Maugin, Martine Rousseau · 2015
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