The Schrödinger Equation Explained in 60 Seconds

The Schrödinger Equation is the key equation in quantum physics that explains how particles in quantum physics behave. You wanna know where your electron is going to go? That’s the Schrödinger equation you’ll need.

So why does it look so complicated? Well it’s because in quantum physics, when you are describing what a thing like an electron will do, it doesn’t follow the rules of particles it follows the rules of waves, and that’s what these psi’s are, they are wave functions.

Okay so an electron is a wave, and a wave can evolve in space and in time, but it can’t evolve in any old way, there are constraints about how it can evolve, and those constraints? That’s what the Schrödinger equation is telling us.

It says that over time the total energy has to stay the same. And this total energy is made of the kinetic energy, and potential energy. An example of a potential energy for an electron is just being in an atom.

So if you want to see what a quantum object will do in the future, you need to find the wave function that will satisfy all these bits of the Schrödinger equation.

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[dominik.w]

watching at x2 speed -> understanding Schrödinger's equation in 30 secs

[herp_derpingson]

Video title: Can I Explain the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?
Me: No
Me: * Watches video *
Me: <yes|no>

[domainofscience]

Hey this is just a bit of an experiment. Sometimes you just want a quick introduction to something rather than diving into a full 20 min video. And it was a fun challenge to see if I could explain it in a minute. I'm still working on longer videos but might make more of these. What do you think?

[somerandomguy___]

Alternative title : explaining the schrödinger equation speedrun any%

[edibesare]

That was really brilliant for a minute.

[waficlabban]

You had me in the first minute not gonna lie

[moffboffjoe]

I forgot that this was only 60s, the end caught me completely off guard

[emanoelanselmo]

"Can I Explain the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?": yes
Can I understand the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?: no, but i like the speedrun.

[englebertmagentaschweiger]

This is the best brief explanation of the Schrödinger equation I've ever seen. Well done.

[davidhd]

If you keep going like this, you, ll make every each one of us a quantum physicist.

[GediMini]

Didn't even see the title before clicking on the video. Was shocked when it just ended abruptly. But great video! It can't be easy to explain a concept so well in is so few words

[mayurvalvi]

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[wmelstan]

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[TotalImmortl]

Thank you very much for this Top tier content.

[sabrinae.]

This video was incredibly helpful, thank you.

[kumailaziz]

Very Clear and GREAT!!!
Go ahead and make more videos at the same way

[petaflop.]

The first minute of the video was really crazy!

[ankanart]

Physicist : Quantum Physics is very complicated
DOS : Hold my 1m video 😄😄😄

[englishinenglish]

It’s amazing, even after 2 month working with it, have found new for a minute )

[alexbailey]

I think this was very successful and helpful