The classical roots of wave mechanics: Schrödinger's transformations of the optical-mechanical analogy

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.06.007zbMath1228.81013OpenAlexW2146067378MaRDI QIDQ652755

Christian Joas, Christoph Lehner

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.06.007

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicswave mechanicsE. Schrödingeroptical-mechanical analogy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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