This is a list of things named after the Austrian theoretical physicist

Erwin Schrödinger Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ( ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was an Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist who developed fundamental results in quantum field theory, quantum theory. In particul ...

Quantum physics

*Einstein–Schrödinger equation, see

Wheeler–DeWitt equation The Wheeler–DeWitt equation for theoretical physics and applied mathematics, is a field equation attributed to John Archibald Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt. The equation attempts to mathematically combine the ideas of quantum mechanics and general ...

Schrödinger's cat In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment concerning quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat in a closed box may be considered to be simultaneously both alive and dead while it is unobserved, ...

, a thought experiment devised by Schrödinger that illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects *

Schrödinger equation The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system. Its discovery was a significant landmark in the development of quantum mechanics. It is named after E ...

, an equation formulated by Schrödinger that describes how the quantum state of a physical system changes in time ** Schrödinger–Pauli equation * Schrödinger field, a quantum field which obeys the Schrödinger equation *

Schrödinger–HJW theorem In quantum information theory, quantum state purification refers to the process of representing a mixed state as a pure quantum state of higher-dimensional Hilbert space. The purification allows the original mixed state to be recovered by taking ...

, a result about

density matrices In quantum mechanics, a density matrix (or density operator) is a matrix used in calculating the probabilities of the outcomes of measurements performed on physical systems. It is a generalization of the state vectors or wavefunctions: while th ...

* Schrödinger method, a method used to solve some problems of distribution and occupancy *

Schrödinger operator In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential energy. Its spectrum, the system's ''energy spectrum'' or its set of ''energy eigenvalu ...

, see

Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential energy. Its spectrum, the system's ''energy spectrum'' or its set of ''energy eigenvalu ...

* Schrödinger paradox, the paradox that living systems increase their organization despite the second law of thermodynamics *

Schrödinger picture In physics, the Schrödinger picture or Schrödinger representation is a formulation of quantum mechanics in which the state vectors evolve in time, but the operators (observables and others) are mostly constant with respect to time (an exceptio ...

, a formulation of quantum mechanics in which the state vectors evolve in time, but the operators (observables and others) are constant * Schrödinger's pure-affine theory *

Schrödinger–Newton equation The Schrödinger–Newton equation, sometimes referred to as the Newton–Schrödinger or Schrödinger–Poisson equation, is a nonlinear modification of the Schrödinger equation with a Newtonian gravitational potential, where the gravitational p ...

* Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation theory * Robertson–Schrödinger relation

Related mathematical concepts and equations

Logarithmic Schrödinger equation In theoretical physics, the logarithmic Schrödinger equation (sometimes abbreviated as LNSE or LogSE) is one of the nonlinear modifications of Schrödinger's equation, first proposed by Gerald H. Rosen in its relativistic version (with D'Alember ...

Nonlinear Schrödinger equation In theoretical physics, the (one-dimensional) nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is a nonlinear variation of the Schrödinger equation. It is a classical field equation whose principal applications are to the propagation of light in nonli ...

* Schrödinger functional * Schrödinger group, the symmetry group of the free particle Schrödinger equation

Astronomy

Schrödinger (crater) Schrödinger is a large lunar impact crater of the form traditionally called a walled plain and is named after Erwin Schrödinger. It is located near the south lunar pole on the far side of the Moon, and can only be viewed from orbit. The sm ...

, a lunar impact crater *

Vallis Schrödinger Vallis Schrödinger (Latin for "Schrödinger Valley") is a long, nearly linear valley that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is oriented radially to the huge Schrödinger basin and most likely was formed during the original impact that create ...

, a long, nearly linear valley that lies on the far side of the Moon * 13092 Schrödinger, a main belt asteroid

Other

Schrödinger logic Schrödinger logics are a kind of non-classical logic in which the law of identity is restricted. These logics are motivated by the consideration that in quantum mechanics, elementary particles may be indistinguishable, even in principle, on the ba ...

* The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics * Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1956) * Schrödinger Medal * Schrödinbugs, a type of

software bug A software bug is a design defect ( bug) in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as ''buggy''. The effects of a software bug range from minor (such as a misspelled word in the user interface) to sev ...

s, related to

Heisenbug In computer programming jargon, a heisenbug is a software bug that seems to disappear or alter its behavior when one attempts to study it. The term is a pun on the name of Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who first asserted the observer effect ...

s, that manifest themselves in running software only after a programmer notices that the code should never have worked in the first place. *"Schrödinger" – A

Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ( ; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematician and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodyna ...

codec implementation developed by David Schleef. * Schrödinger (company), a scientific software company * Schrödinger (Hellsing), a fictional character in the Hellsing manga series by Kouta Hirano

Popular culture

Schrödinger's Cat trilogy The ''Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy'' is a trilogy of novels by American writer Robert Anton Wilson consisting of ''Schrödinger's Cat: The Universe Next Door'' (1979), ''Schrödinger's Cat II: The Trick Top Hat'' (1980), and ''Schrödinger's Cat II ...

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