3 Jul 2004 20:48
Re: Chronological order of Mill's work
kleml29 <tnatd <at> e.yahoo.invalid>
2004-07-03 18:48:21 GMT
2004-07-03 18:48:21 GMT
> > > Actually, that's not quite true. The SE describes a probability space, > but that probability space corresponds to a _real_ space. > > Thus for example, the simplest solution of a bound system is for the 1s > orbital of hydrogen, where the probability of finding an electron > corresponds to a spherical real space. Fuzzy of course because P=0 > doesn't occur anywhere except at a singular point in the very centre of > the proton and where the orbital competes with the next possible > orbital or sub-orbital and that one takes over. (But it takes two > electrons to do that on a permanent basis). > > The 1s orbital is a space that is most concentrated about where Bohr put > his original classical orbit. And basically, the SE is describing a > mathematical waveform that in real life would be and is, a standing > wave. The probability space (and the real orbital) is sort of hollow > with decreasing probability as one approaches the proton, and as one > moves outward. But it IS a real space, and the electron simply quantum > fluctuates (it doesn't"t "orbit" - never did ) in that space. > > Now let's not deal with the complications of a standing wave for a > moment, but think of something like an electron winging along in free(Continue reading)
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