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Do you actually know what convex optimization is in the geometric, guarantee-theoretic sense or have you only met it through solvers and loss curves? Convexity is rare comfort in optimization...there are no spurious local minima, no surprise traps, and inequalities you can use like tools instead of prayers. So,...

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Mathelirium

19,977 次观看 • 6 个月前

Lecture 2 on our Quantum Mechanics Series Schrödinger’s equation doesn’t start from mystery. It starts from a very specific bet…the state of a particle is a complex field ψ(x,t), and whatever dynamics we write down must move ψ forward in time in a way that preserves total probability. We ask a basic question…what equation should ψ satisfy so that |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the way mass density does in fluid flow? What is ψ? Think of ψ(x,t) as the amplitude assigned to “the particle is at position x at time t”. It’s not a probability. It’s the object you add first, and only at the end do you square p(x,t) = |ψ(x,t)|² Because ψ is complex, it has magnitude and phase. Write it in polar form ψ(x,t) = r(x,t) exp(i θ(x,t)) Then r² = |ψ|² is the density, and θ will end up controlling flow (the probability current). Where does Schrödinger’s equation come from? Start with two empirical inputs about waves and particles: E = ħ ω p = ħ k Here ħ (“h-bar”) is Planck’s constant divided by 2π. It’s the unit conversion factor between the wave description (frequency ω, wavevector k) and the particle description (energy E, momentum p). In units, ħ has units of joule-seconds, so multiplying ω (1/seconds) gives energy (joules), and multiplying k (1/meters) gives momentum (kg·m/s). It’s the number that tells you how much energy or momentum you get per unit frequency or wavenumber. A plane wave with angular frequency ω and wavevector k is ψ(x,t) = A exp(i(k·x − ω t)) Now notice what derivatives do to this wave: ∂ψ/∂t = −i ω ψ ∇ψ = i k ψ ∇²ψ = −|k|² ψ Multiply those identities by ħ: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ħ ω ψ = E ψ −i ħ ∇ψ = ħ k ψ = p ψ −ħ² ∇²ψ = ħ² |k|² ψ = p² ψ So for plane waves, the operators Ê = i ħ ∂/∂t p̂ = −i ħ ∇ act like energy and momentum! Now use the classical nonrelativistic energy relation: E = p²/(2m) + V(x) This is bookkeeping for a particle moving slow enough that relativity can be ignored. The term p²/(2m) is kinetic energy. If p = mv, then p²/(2m) = (m²v²)/(2m) = (1/2)mv². The term V(x) is potential energy. It depends on position because forces come from spatially varying energy. A slope in V pushes the particle. Examples: for a charged particle in an electric potential φ(x), V(x) = q φ(x). Near Earth, V(z) = mgz. The point is total energy equals kinetic plus potential. Turn that into an equation for ψ by replacing E and p with the operators above: Ê ψ = (p̂²/(2m) + V) ψ Compute p̂² = (−i ħ ∇)·(−i ħ ∇) = −ħ² ∇², so we get i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V(x) ) ψ That is the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The derivation here is a controlled heuristic: we matched the plane-wave identities to the measured relations E = ħω and p = ħk, then imposed the same energy bookkeeping as classical mechanics. Why this equation is the right kind of rule If ψ is the state, we need a rule that preserves total probability: ∫ |ψ(x,t)|² dx = 1 Schrödinger evolution does. You can see it by deriving a continuity equation. Let ρ(x,t) = |ψ|² = ψ* ψ. Take a time derivative: ∂ρ/∂t = ψ* ∂ψ/∂t + ψ ∂ψ*/∂t Use Schrödinger and its complex conjugate: ∂ψ/∂t = (1/(i ħ)) ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇²ψ + Vψ ) ∂ψ*/∂t = (−1/(i ħ)) ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇²ψ* + Vψ* ) Plug in. The V terms cancel exactly, and what remains can be rearranged into a divergence: ∂ρ/∂t + ∇·j = 0 where the probability current is j = (ħ/(2mi)) ( ψ* ∇ψ − ψ ∇ψ* ) This is the best way to explain ehat ψ is: |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, and the phase of ψ is what drives the current j. So in this series, ψ isn’t a slogan. It’s the object whose modulus squared is the density, whose phase generates flow, and whose time evolution is fixed (up to V) by matching wave relations to energy bookkeeping: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( -ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V ) ψ #QuantumMechanics #SchrodingerEquation #WaveFunction #BornRule #Physics #MathematicalPhysics
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Lecture 2 on our Quantum Mechanics Series Schrödinger’s equation doesn’t start from mystery. It starts from a very specific bet…the state of a particle is a complex field ψ(x,t), and whatever dynamics we write down must move ψ forward in time in a way that preserves total probability. We ask a basic question…what equation should ψ satisfy so that |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the way mass density does in fluid flow? What is ψ? Think of ψ(x,t) as the amplitude assigned to “the particle is at position x at time t”. It’s not a probability. It’s the object you add first, and only at the end do you square p(x,t) = |ψ(x,t)|² Because ψ is complex, it has magnitude and phase. Write it in polar form ψ(x,t) = r(x,t) exp(i θ(x,t)) Then r² = |ψ|² is the density, and θ will end up controlling flow (the probability current). Where does Schrödinger’s equation come from? Start with two empirical inputs about waves and particles: E = ħ ω p = ħ k Here ħ (“h-bar”) is Planck’s constant divided by 2π. It’s the unit conversion factor between the wave description (frequency ω, wavevector k) and the particle description (energy E, momentum p). In units, ħ has units of joule-seconds, so multiplying ω (1/seconds) gives energy (joules), and multiplying k (1/meters) gives momentum (kg·m/s). It’s the number that tells you how much energy or momentum you get per unit frequency or wavenumber. A plane wave with angular frequency ω and wavevector k is ψ(x,t) = A exp(i(k·x − ω t)) Now notice what derivatives do to this wave: ∂ψ/∂t = −i ω ψ ∇ψ = i k ψ ∇²ψ = −|k|² ψ Multiply those identities by ħ: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ħ ω ψ = E ψ −i ħ ∇ψ = ħ k ψ = p ψ −ħ² ∇²ψ = ħ² |k|² ψ = p² ψ So for plane waves, the operators Ê = i ħ ∂/∂t p̂ = −i ħ ∇ act like energy and momentum! Now use the classical nonrelativistic energy relation: E = p²/(2m) + V(x) This is bookkeeping for a particle moving slow enough that relativity can be ignored. The term p²/(2m) is kinetic energy. If p = mv, then p²/(2m) = (m²v²)/(2m) = (1/2)mv². The term V(x) is potential energy. It depends on position because forces come from spatially varying energy. A slope in V pushes the particle. Examples: for a charged particle in an electric potential φ(x), V(x) = q φ(x). Near Earth, V(z) = mgz. The point is total energy equals kinetic plus potential. Turn that into an equation for ψ by replacing E and p with the operators above: Ê ψ = (p̂²/(2m) + V) ψ Compute p̂² = (−i ħ ∇)·(−i ħ ∇) = −ħ² ∇², so we get i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V(x) ) ψ That is the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The derivation here is a controlled heuristic: we matched the plane-wave identities to the measured relations E = ħω and p = ħk, then imposed the same energy bookkeeping as classical mechanics. Why this equation is the right kind of rule If ψ is the state, we need a rule that preserves total probability: ∫ |ψ(x,t)|² dx = 1 Schrödinger evolution does. You can see it by deriving a continuity equation. Let ρ(x,t) = |ψ|² = ψ* ψ. Take a time derivative: ∂ρ/∂t = ψ* ∂ψ/∂t + ψ ∂ψ*/∂t Use Schrödinger and its complex conjugate: ∂ψ/∂t = (1/(i ħ)) ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇²ψ + Vψ ) ∂ψ*/∂t = (−1/(i ħ)) ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇²ψ* + Vψ* ) Plug in. The V terms cancel exactly, and what remains can be rearranged into a divergence: ∂ρ/∂t + ∇·j = 0 where the probability current is j = (ħ/(2mi)) ( ψ* ∇ψ − ψ ∇ψ* ) This is the best way to explain ehat ψ is: |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, and the phase of ψ is what drives the current j. So in this series, ψ isn’t a slogan. It’s the object whose modulus squared is the density, whose phase generates flow, and whose time evolution is fixed (up to V) by matching wave relations to energy bookkeeping: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( -ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V ) ψ #QuantumMechanics #SchrodingerEquation #WaveFunction #BornRule #Physics #MathematicalPhysics

Mathelirium

40,835 次观看 • 7 个月前

🚨 JOE ROGAN: X: IS THE WORLD’S MOST TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE BECAUSE IT ISN’T MESSED WITH “X is the number one news source on earth. It’s the most trusted because it’s the only one that’s not f***ed with. So even if someone is incorrect, the community notes will correct them.” Source:Joe Rogan, Autism Capital 🧩
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🚨 JOE ROGAN: X: IS THE WORLD’S MOST TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE BECAUSE IT ISN’T MESSED WITH “X is the number one news source on earth. It’s the most trusted because it’s the only one that’s not f***ed with. So even if someone is incorrect, the community notes will correct them.” Source:Joe Rogan, Autism Capital 🧩

Mario Nawfal

30,510,453 次观看 • 1 年前

When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns into a speedrun of methods: separation of variables, integrating factors, variation of parameters, Bernoulli, exact equations… and by Week 2 or 3 the course has quietly degenerated into hammer-picking. Spot the form, apply the recipe, move on. Mechanical! Fuuuuck!😫😫😫😫 The problem is what you don’t walk away with. You leave with a toolkit, but without a feel for what a differential equation even is, especially geometrically. And that’s a big deal, because in real modeling the equations you meet are rarely nice enough to reward memorized recipes. So you end up trained to solve toy forms, while the actual subject...the behavior, the flow, the shape of solutions stays blurry. This is why I’m biased toward the old-timers. Their old-school way of doing things always surprises me:...they’ll spend time on one idea until it sticks, instead of sprinting through a syllabus checklist. One lecture from them and you start noticing a contrast. A lot of modern teaching feels like "finish the content,". You get marched through techniques, but you’re not left with a single thought that keeps bothering you later...the kind of thought that actually pushes you toward research-level curiosity. MIT OpenCourseWare’s Professor Arthur Mattuck did that to me in his very first ODE lecture. One lecture, and your whole relationship with dy/dx = f(x,y) changes. In this segment, Prof. Mattuck is basically saying: A first-order ODE is a slope field, and a solution is a curve that moves everywhere tangent to that field. The math breakdown Write the ODE as dy/dx = f(x,y). At each point (x,y) you attach a tiny line segment with slope f(x,y). A function y = y₁(x) is a solution exactly when its graph follows those slopes:. At every x, the slope of the curve equals the slope prescribed by the field at the point on the curve. That’s the single line that unifies both viewpoints: y₁′(x) = f(x, y₁(x)). So solving the ODE and drawing an integral curve are the same statement in two languages!👌🏻 Once you see that, you can stop obsessing over whether you can write y(x) in closed form. You can start asking the questions that matter: where do solutions flow, where do they get trapped, where do they blow up, and where does existence/uniqueness fail just because the field isn’t even defined? That’s the perspective shift I wish every ODE course forces early and it’s exactly why I keep pairing math with animation. #DifferentialEquations #ODEs #VectorFields #MathAnimation #Mathematics
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When I first took ordinary differential equations, the pattern was always the same. Week 1 turns into a speedrun of methods: separation of variables, integrating factors, variation of parameters, Bernoulli, exact equations… and by Week 2 or 3 the course has quietly degenerated into hammer-picking. Spot the form, apply the recipe, move on. Mechanical! Fuuuuck!😫😫😫😫 The problem is what you don’t walk away with. You leave with a toolkit, but without a feel for what a differential equation even is, especially geometrically. And that’s a big deal, because in real modeling the equations you meet are rarely nice enough to reward memorized recipes. So you end up trained to solve toy forms, while the actual subject...the behavior, the flow, the shape of solutions stays blurry. This is why I’m biased toward the old-timers. Their old-school way of doing things always surprises me:...they’ll spend time on one idea until it sticks, instead of sprinting through a syllabus checklist. One lecture from them and you start noticing a contrast. A lot of modern teaching feels like "finish the content,". You get marched through techniques, but you’re not left with a single thought that keeps bothering you later...the kind of thought that actually pushes you toward research-level curiosity. MIT OpenCourseWare’s Professor Arthur Mattuck did that to me in his very first ODE lecture. One lecture, and your whole relationship with dy/dx = f(x,y) changes. In this segment, Prof. Mattuck is basically saying: A first-order ODE is a slope field, and a solution is a curve that moves everywhere tangent to that field. The math breakdown Write the ODE as dy/dx = f(x,y). At each point (x,y) you attach a tiny line segment with slope f(x,y). A function y = y₁(x) is a solution exactly when its graph follows those slopes:. At every x, the slope of the curve equals the slope prescribed by the field at the point on the curve. That’s the single line that unifies both viewpoints: y₁′(x) = f(x, y₁(x)). So solving the ODE and drawing an integral curve are the same statement in two languages!👌🏻 Once you see that, you can stop obsessing over whether you can write y(x) in closed form. You can start asking the questions that matter: where do solutions flow, where do they get trapped, where do they blow up, and where does existence/uniqueness fail just because the field isn’t even defined? That’s the perspective shift I wish every ODE course forces early and it’s exactly why I keep pairing math with animation. #DifferentialEquations #ODEs #VectorFields #MathAnimation #Mathematics

Mathelirium

53,338 次观看 • 6 个月前

⚡️BREAKING: The IRGC Spokesperson has provided a List of Damages inflicted on the US military since the Hostilities began ▶️ Radar and Air Defense: 7 x Command and Control centers 3 x Satellite communication systems 6 x Patriot air defense radar systems 3 x Air and sea control and monitoring radars 8 x Early warning radar systems 7 x Air-based missile defense radars 3 x FPS radar systems 2 x AN/FPS-117 radars 5 x Long-Range radars 2 x Air defense radars 1 x Tactical radar unit ▶️ Infrastructure for Military Operations: 6 x Fighter jet and Helicopter maintenance centers 3 x Support and logistics centers 12 x Fuel storage 17 x Ammunition and spare parts depots for ships and aircraft 6 x Missile storage facilities ▶️ Military Infrastructure: 6 x MQ-9 drone hangars 1 x F-15 fighter jet preparation hangar 1 x Drone hangar containing 8 brand new drones 2 x Command centers 1 x Aircraft carrier refueling platform 1 x P-8 aircraft hangar 4 x HIMARS missile platforms 5 x Fighter jet hangars 4 x Patriot air defense complexes 6 x Missile launch platforms 1 x Fuel pumping station 2 x Signal communication centers 1 x intelligence data center 1 x AI center 1 x remote-controlled vessel depot 1 x fuel dock 4 x fighter jet shelters 6 x flight ramps and parking areas ▶️ Air Force Equipment: 11 x Fighter Jets and helicopters 17 x reconnaissance and operational drones 1 x F-15E fighter 1 x P-8A Poseidon aircraft 1 x C-17A transport aircraft 8 x Refueling aircraft 4 x Heavy helicopters 6 x Missile storage
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⚡️BREAKING: The IRGC Spokesperson has provided a List of Damages inflicted on the US military since the Hostilities began ▶️ Radar and Air Defense: 7 x Command and Control centers 3 x Satellite communication systems 6 x Patriot air defense radar systems 3 x Air and sea control and monitoring radars 8 x Early warning radar systems 7 x Air-based missile defense radars 3 x FPS radar systems 2 x AN/FPS-117 radars 5 x Long-Range radars 2 x Air defense radars 1 x Tactical radar unit ▶️ Infrastructure for Military Operations: 6 x Fighter jet and Helicopter maintenance centers 3 x Support and logistics centers 12 x Fuel storage 17 x Ammunition and spare parts depots for ships and aircraft 6 x Missile storage facilities ▶️ Military Infrastructure: 6 x MQ-9 drone hangars 1 x F-15 fighter jet preparation hangar 1 x Drone hangar containing 8 brand new drones 2 x Command centers 1 x Aircraft carrier refueling platform 1 x P-8 aircraft hangar 4 x HIMARS missile platforms 5 x Fighter jet hangars 4 x Patriot air defense complexes 6 x Missile launch platforms 1 x Fuel pumping station 2 x Signal communication centers 1 x intelligence data center 1 x AI center 1 x remote-controlled vessel depot 1 x fuel dock 4 x fighter jet shelters 6 x flight ramps and parking areas ▶️ Air Force Equipment: 11 x Fighter Jets and helicopters 17 x reconnaissance and operational drones 1 x F-15E fighter 1 x P-8A Poseidon aircraft 1 x C-17A transport aircraft 8 x Refueling aircraft 4 x Heavy helicopters 6 x Missile storage

Iran Observer

139,494 次观看 • 8 天前

Ever Heard of a Metric in Differential Geometry? How About a Geodesic? These two ideas are central to how Mathematics and Physics describe Spacetime. A metric is how a surface measures distance and angle. A geodesic is the path that counts as "straight" after that measuring rule is chosen. Once the metric changes from point to point, straightness is no longer something you judge by eye. On a curved surface, the shortest paths are geodesics. They are chosen by the metric. Take a surface written as r(x,y) = (x, y, f(x,y)) Its metric is gᵢⱼ = ∂ᵢr · ∂ⱼr A geodesic q(t) = (x(t), y(t)) obeys q̈ᵏ + Γᵏᵢⱼ q̇ᶦq̇ʲ = 0 where Γᵏᵢⱼ are the Christoffel symbols of the surface metric. Launch many almost-parallel paths. At the start, they look like a clean beam until curvature takes over. Some paths focus, others separate and some slide around ridges. The surface is essentially the rulebook for motion. The shortest path is local. The geometry remembers everything. #DifferentialGeometry #Geodesics #RiemannianGeometry #MathematicalPhysics #Curvature #TensorCalculus #AppliedMathematics #Geometry #ScienceAnimation
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Ever Heard of a Metric in Differential Geometry? How About a Geodesic? These two ideas are central to how Mathematics and Physics describe Spacetime. A metric is how a surface measures distance and angle. A geodesic is the path that counts as "straight" after that measuring rule is chosen. Once the metric changes from point to point, straightness is no longer something you judge by eye. On a curved surface, the shortest paths are geodesics. They are chosen by the metric. Take a surface written as r(x,y) = (x, y, f(x,y)) Its metric is gᵢⱼ = ∂ᵢr · ∂ⱼr A geodesic q(t) = (x(t), y(t)) obeys q̈ᵏ + Γᵏᵢⱼ q̇ᶦq̇ʲ = 0 where Γᵏᵢⱼ are the Christoffel symbols of the surface metric. Launch many almost-parallel paths. At the start, they look like a clean beam until curvature takes over. Some paths focus, others separate and some slide around ridges. The surface is essentially the rulebook for motion. The shortest path is local. The geometry remembers everything. #DifferentialGeometry #Geodesics #RiemannianGeometry #MathematicalPhysics #Curvature #TensorCalculus #AppliedMathematics #Geometry #ScienceAnimation

Mathelirium

22,170 次观看 • 1 个月前

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) posted a video on X removing vandalism near Houston's I-59 that said “F-ck Charlie Kirk.” The senator posted on X saying “Texans don’t have to look at this hateful garbage anymore.” (SOURCE: X/tedcruz)
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) posted a video on X removing vandalism near Houston's I-59 that said “F-ck Charlie Kirk.” The senator posted on X saying “Texans don’t have to look at this hateful garbage anymore.” (SOURCE: X/tedcruz)

FOX26Houston

21,352 次观看 • 10 个月前

Why Does Quantum Mechanics Use a Complex Wavefunction? Schrödinger’s equation doesn’t start from mystery. It starts from a very specific bet. The state of a particle is a complex field ψ(x,t), and whatever time-evolution rule we choose has to move ψ forward while preserving total probability. So the basic question is simple. What equation should ψ satisfy so that |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the way mass density does in fluid flow? What is ψ? Think of ψ(x,t) as an amplitude attached to the statement the particle is at position x at time t. It’s not a probability. It’s the thing you add first, and only at the end do you square it: p(x,t) = |ψ(x,t)|² Because ψ is complex, it has magnitude and phase. Write it as ψ(x,t) = r(x,t) exp(i θ(x,t)) Then r² = |ψ|² is the density, and the phase θ ends up controlling the flow through the probability current. Where does Schrödinger’s equation come from? Start with two empirical inputs that tie waves to particles: E = ħ ω p = ħ k Here ħ is Planck’s constant divided by 2π. It’s the conversion factor between frequency and energy, and between wavenumber and momentum. A plane wave with angular frequency ω and wavevector k is ψ(x,t) = A exp(i(k·x − ωt)) Now watch what derivatives do to this wave: ∂ψ/∂t = −i ω ψ ∇ψ = i k ψ ∇²ψ = −|k|² ψ Multiply by ħ and you get: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ħ ω ψ = E ψ −i ħ ∇ψ = ħ k ψ = p ψ −ħ² ∇²ψ = ħ² |k|² ψ = p² ψ So for plane waves, the operators Ê = i ħ ∂/∂t p̂ = −i ħ ∇ act like energy and momentum. Now bring in the classical, nonrelativistic energy bookkeeping: E = p²/(2m) + V(x) Kinetic plus potential. That’s it. Turn it into an equation for ψ by replacing E and p with the operators above: Ê ψ = (p̂²/(2m) + V) ψ Since p̂² = (−i ħ ∇)·(−i ħ ∇) = −ħ² ∇², this becomes i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V(x) ) ψ That’s the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. This derivation is a controlled heuristic. Match the plane-wave identities to the measured relations E = ħω and p = ħk, then impose the same energy bookkeeping you trust in classical mechanics. Why this is the right kind of rule If ψ is the state, we need a rule that preserves total probability: ∫ |ψ(x,t)|² dx = 1 Schrödinger evolution does, and you can see it by deriving a continuity equation. Let ρ(x,t) = |ψ|² = ψ*ψ. Differentiate: ∂ρ/∂t = ψ* ∂ψ/∂t + ψ ∂ψ*/∂t Use Schrödinger and its complex conjugate. The potential terms cancel, and what’s left can be rearranged into ∂ρ/∂t + ∇·j = 0 with probability current j = (ħ/(2mi)) ( ψ* ∇ψ − ψ ∇ψ* ) That’s the cleanest way to say what ψ is. |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the phase drives a current, and the time evolution is fixed, up to V, by combining wave relations with energy bookkeeping: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V ) ψ #QuantumMechanics #SchrodingerEquation #WaveFunction #BornRule #Physics #MathematicalPhysics
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Why Does Quantum Mechanics Use a Complex Wavefunction? Schrödinger’s equation doesn’t start from mystery. It starts from a very specific bet. The state of a particle is a complex field ψ(x,t), and whatever time-evolution rule we choose has to move ψ forward while preserving total probability. So the basic question is simple. What equation should ψ satisfy so that |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the way mass density does in fluid flow? What is ψ? Think of ψ(x,t) as an amplitude attached to the statement the particle is at position x at time t. It’s not a probability. It’s the thing you add first, and only at the end do you square it: p(x,t) = |ψ(x,t)|² Because ψ is complex, it has magnitude and phase. Write it as ψ(x,t) = r(x,t) exp(i θ(x,t)) Then r² = |ψ|² is the density, and the phase θ ends up controlling the flow through the probability current. Where does Schrödinger’s equation come from? Start with two empirical inputs that tie waves to particles: E = ħ ω p = ħ k Here ħ is Planck’s constant divided by 2π. It’s the conversion factor between frequency and energy, and between wavenumber and momentum. A plane wave with angular frequency ω and wavevector k is ψ(x,t) = A exp(i(k·x − ωt)) Now watch what derivatives do to this wave: ∂ψ/∂t = −i ω ψ ∇ψ = i k ψ ∇²ψ = −|k|² ψ Multiply by ħ and you get: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ħ ω ψ = E ψ −i ħ ∇ψ = ħ k ψ = p ψ −ħ² ∇²ψ = ħ² |k|² ψ = p² ψ So for plane waves, the operators Ê = i ħ ∂/∂t p̂ = −i ħ ∇ act like energy and momentum. Now bring in the classical, nonrelativistic energy bookkeeping: E = p²/(2m) + V(x) Kinetic plus potential. That’s it. Turn it into an equation for ψ by replacing E and p with the operators above: Ê ψ = (p̂²/(2m) + V) ψ Since p̂² = (−i ħ ∇)·(−i ħ ∇) = −ħ² ∇², this becomes i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V(x) ) ψ That’s the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. This derivation is a controlled heuristic. Match the plane-wave identities to the measured relations E = ħω and p = ħk, then impose the same energy bookkeeping you trust in classical mechanics. Why this is the right kind of rule If ψ is the state, we need a rule that preserves total probability: ∫ |ψ(x,t)|² dx = 1 Schrödinger evolution does, and you can see it by deriving a continuity equation. Let ρ(x,t) = |ψ|² = ψ*ψ. Differentiate: ∂ρ/∂t = ψ* ∂ψ/∂t + ψ ∂ψ*/∂t Use Schrödinger and its complex conjugate. The potential terms cancel, and what’s left can be rearranged into ∂ρ/∂t + ∇·j = 0 with probability current j = (ħ/(2mi)) ( ψ* ∇ψ − ψ ∇ψ* ) That’s the cleanest way to say what ψ is. |ψ|² behaves like a conserved density, the phase drives a current, and the time evolution is fixed, up to V, by combining wave relations with energy bookkeeping: i ħ ∂ψ/∂t = ( −ħ²/(2m) ∇² + V ) ψ #QuantumMechanics #SchrodingerEquation #WaveFunction #BornRule #Physics #MathematicalPhysics

Mathelirium

20,781 次观看 • 5 个月前

When the Lorenz Attractor Becomes a Cosmos Many of us have seen plots of the famous Lorenz system that famous butterfly-shaped chaos: ẋ = σ(y - x) ẏ = x(ρ - z) - y ż = xy - βz But here, we went one layer deeper. At every point (x, y, z), we computed the local Jacobian matrix, J(x, y, z) = [ -σ σ 0 ] [ ρ - z -1 - x ] [ y x - β ] Then we found its eigenvalues λ and plotted them in the complex plane. Re(λ) tells us whether nearby motion is locally growing or decaying. Im(λ) tells us whether that local motion is rotating. That gives us the spectral flow of the Lorenz system and not the attractor itself, but the hidden local linear geometry driving its instability. When I saw that flow, it looked strangely cosmic with two mirrored swarms curling like particles trapped in a mathematical whirlpool. So I mapped that spectral flow onto our living fabric, not as Einstein Spacetime this time, but as a creative geometric stage for chaos itself. #LorenzSystem #ChaosTheory #DynamicalSystems #Eigenvalues #SpectralFlow #ComplexPlane #NonlinearDynamics #Mathematics #Physics
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When the Lorenz Attractor Becomes a Cosmos Many of us have seen plots of the famous Lorenz system that famous butterfly-shaped chaos: ẋ = σ(y - x) ẏ = x(ρ - z) - y ż = xy - βz But here, we went one layer deeper. At every point (x, y, z), we computed the local Jacobian matrix, J(x, y, z) = [ -σ σ 0 ] [ ρ - z -1 - x ] [ y x - β ] Then we found its eigenvalues λ and plotted them in the complex plane. Re(λ) tells us whether nearby motion is locally growing or decaying. Im(λ) tells us whether that local motion is rotating. That gives us the spectral flow of the Lorenz system and not the attractor itself, but the hidden local linear geometry driving its instability. When I saw that flow, it looked strangely cosmic with two mirrored swarms curling like particles trapped in a mathematical whirlpool. So I mapped that spectral flow onto our living fabric, not as Einstein Spacetime this time, but as a creative geometric stage for chaos itself. #LorenzSystem #ChaosTheory #DynamicalSystems #Eigenvalues #SpectralFlow #ComplexPlane #NonlinearDynamics #Mathematics #Physics

Mathelirium

22,460 次观看 • 1 个月前