Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Wave function
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====Normalization condition==== The probability that its position {{math|''x''}} will be in the interval {{math|''a'' β€ ''x'' β€ ''b''}} is the integral of the density over this interval: <math display="block">P_{a\le x\le b} (t) = \int_a^b \,|\Psi(x,t)|^2 dx </math> where {{mvar|t}} is the time at which the particle was measured. This leads to the '''normalization condition''': <math display="block">\int_{-\infty}^\infty \, |\Psi(x,t)|^2dx = 1\,,</math> because if the particle is measured, there is 100% probability that it will be ''somewhere''. For a given system, the set of all possible normalizable wave functions (at any given time) forms an abstract mathematical [[vector space]], meaning that it is possible to add together different wave functions, and multiply wave functions by complex numbers. Technically, wave functions form a [[Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics#Description of the state of a system|ray]] in a [[projective Hilbert space]] rather than an ordinary vector space.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)