Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

Inference of Schrodinger's equation from classical wave mechanics (1) single charge in zero potential field

J. X. Zheng-Johansson, Pär I. Johansson

Published Nov 15, 2004• 0 citations
OpenAlex

Abstract

We show that the classical wave equation for a single oscillatory charge which may be in general also traveling in a potential field $V$, embraces a separable component equation describing the particle dynamics. We show the latter is equivalent to Schr\\"odinger's wave equation. In this first paper of a series we infer Schr\\"odinger's wave equation for such a charged system in zero potential field.

Related papers

Inference of Schrödinger's Equation from Classical-Mechanical Solution

J. X. Zheng-Johansson, Johansson, P-I.

We set up the classical wave equation for a particle formed of an oscillatory zero-rest-mass charge together with its resulting electromagnetic waves, traveling in a potential field $V$ in a susceptible vacuum. The waves are Doppler-displaced upon the source motion, and superpose into a total, traveling- and in turn a standing- beat wave, or de Broglie phase wave, described by a corresponding total classical wave equation. By back-substitution of the explicitly known total, standing beat wave function and upon appropriate reductions at classic-velocity limit, we separate out from the total a component wave equation describing the kinetic motion of particle, which is equivalent to the Schrödinger equation. The Schrödinger wave function follows to be the envelope function of the standing beat wave at classic-velocity limit.

arXiv:physics/0411134•Nov 15, 2004•2 citations

Phenomenological Derivation of the Schr¨ odinger Equation

Fernando Ogiba

The Schrödinger equation is derived classically assuming that particles present local \nrandom spatial fluctuations compatible with the presence of the zero-point field. With- \nout specifying the forces arising from this permanent matter-field interaction but ex- \nploring its fundamental properties (homogeneity, isotropy and random aspect) to justify \nthe emergence of the continuity equation in one-particle context, these fluctuations are \ndescribed in terms of the probability density. Specifically, the starting point is the as- \nsumption that the local activities, which turn the path followed by the particle totally \nunpredictable, must be associated with an energy proportional to \n@ \nP \n=@ \nt \n. The polar form \nof the wave function, which connects the obtained classical equations with the corre- \nsponding quantum equation, emerges as a by-product of the approach.

PrPh•Oct 1, 2011•4 citations

Wave-like variables of a classical particle and their connections to quantum mechanics

Chen Yang

Abstract In many texts, the transition from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics is achieved by substituting the action for the phase angle. The paper presents a different approach to show some connections between classical and quantum mechanics for a single particle for an audience at graduate and postgraduate levels. Firstly, it is shown that a wave equation of action can be derived under the free particle condition and the Legendre transform. The wave-like solutions of the action, Hamiltonian and momentum of the free particle are presented. Using the discrete approximation, the equation of motion of a single particle, in scalar potential field, is obtained in a similar form to Schrödinger’s equation. The rest of the paper discusses the propagation, superposition of the wave-like dynamic variables and their connections to quantum mechanics. The superposition of the variables of a particle is generally distinct from the superposition of classical waves (e.g. acoustics). The quantum superposition provides a self-consistent interpretation of the wave-like solutions of the variables. Connections between the classical and quantum relations for corresponding variables are observed from the one-to-one comparisons.

European Journal of Physics•Oct 25, 2016•6 citations

The Schrödinger Wave Equation

Daniel D. Pollock

The approach is to start with some of the elementary ideas of classical mechanics and to translate these concepts to their equivalents in quantum mechanics. This will be done by changing the classical components of the total energy of particle into their quantum mechanical equivalents and arriving at the Schrodinger equation. The conjugate variables, position and momentum, in the Hamiltonian functions can be determined precisely for classical mechanical applications. This chapter deals with the Schrodinger model of the behavior of single electrons as affected by potential wells. The wave mechanic approach is extended to provide an outline of the interactions of many electrons with nuclei. In terms of the Pauli exclusion principle, the four quantum numbers of the electron states must be different. As additional electrons are added, the states available for occupation can be filled only according to the rules governing the quantum numbers.

CRC Press eBooks•Oct 1, 2020•0 citations

The Schrödinger Wave Equation

Abstract Just as it is impossible to derive Newton ‘s equations of motion in classical mechanics or Maxwell ‘s equations for electricity and magnetism (EM) from first principles, neither can we demonstrate the validity of the Schrödinger equation approach (or any other equivalent one) to quantum mechanics a priori. We can, however, make use of early quantum ideas and the connection between the classical wave equation and the photon concept to help in understanding its structure.

•Apr 13, 2006•0 citations

Doebner-Goldin Equation for Electrodynamic Particle. The Implied Applications

J. X. Zheng-Johansson

We set up the Maxwell's equations and the corresponding classical wave equations for the electromagnetic waves which together with the generating source, a traveling oscillatory charge of zero rest mass, comprise a particle traveling in the force field of an usual conservative potential and an additional frictional force $f$. At the de Broglie wavelength scale and in the classic-velocity limit, the total wave equation decomposes into a component equation describing the particle kinetic motion, which for $f=0$ identifies with the usual linear Schrödinger equation as previously. The $f$-dependent probability density presents generally an observable diffusion current of a real diffusion constant; this and the particle's usual quantum diffusion current as a whole are under adiabatic condition conserved and obey the Fokker-Planck equation. The corresponding extra, $f$-dependent term in the Hamiltonian operator identifies with that obtained by H.-D. Doebner and G.A. Goldin. The friction produces to the particle's wave amplitude a damping that can describe well the effect due to a radiation (de)polarization field, which is always by-produced by the particle's oscillatory charge in a (nonpolar) dielectric medium. The radiation depolarization field in a dielectric vacuum has two separate significances: it participates to exert on another particle an attractive, depolarization radiation force which resembles in overall respects Newton's universal gravity as we showed earlier, and it exerts on the particle itself an attractive, self depolarization radiation force whose time rate gives directly the frictional force $f$.

arXiv:0801.4279•Jan 28, 2008•3 citations
We show that the classical wave equation for a single oscillatory charge which may be in general also traveling in a potential field VVV, embraces a separable component equation describing the particle dynamics. We show the latter is equivalent to Schr\"odinger's wave equation. In this first paper of a series we infer Schr\"odinger's wave equation for such a charged system in zero potential field.
We set up the classical wave equation for a particle formed of an oscillatory zero-rest-mass charge together with its resulting electromagnetic waves, traveling in a potential field VVV in a susceptible vacuum. The waves are Doppler-displaced upon the source motion, and superpose into a total, traveling- and in turn a standing- beat wave, or de Broglie phase wave, described by a corresponding total classical wave equation. By back-substitution of the explicitly known total, standing beat wave function and upon appropriate reductions at classic-velocity limit, we separate out from the total a component wave equation describing the kinetic motion of particle, which is equivalent to the Schrödinger equation. The Schrödinger wave function follows to be the envelope function of the standing beat wave at classic-velocity limit.
The Schrödinger equation is derived classically assuming that particles present local \nrandom spatial fluctuations compatible with the presence of the zero-point field. With- \nout specifying the forces arising from this permanent matter-field interaction but ex- \nploring its fundamental properties (homogeneity, isotropy and random aspect) to justify \nthe emergence of the continuity equation in one-particle context, these fluctuations are \ndescribed in terms of the probability density. Specifically, the starting point is the as- \nsumption that the local activities, which turn the path followed by the particle totally \nunpredictable, must be associated with an energy proportional to \n@ \nP \n=@ \nt \n. The polar form \nof the wave function, which connects the obtained classical equations with the corre- \nsponding quantum equation, emerges as a by-product of the approach.
Abstract In many texts, the transition from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics is achieved by substituting the action for the phase angle. The paper presents a different approach to show some connections between classical and quantum mechanics for a single particle for an audience at graduate and postgraduate levels. Firstly, it is shown that a wave equation of action can be derived under the free particle condition and the Legendre transform. The wave-like solutions of the action, Hamiltonian and momentum of the free particle are presented. Using the discrete approximation, the equation of motion of a single particle, in scalar potential field, is obtained in a similar form to Schrödinger’s equation. The rest of the paper discusses the propagation, superposition of the wave-like dynamic variables and their connections to quantum mechanics. The superposition of the variables of a particle is generally distinct from the superposition of classical waves (e.g. acoustics). The quantum superposition provides a self-consistent interpretation of the wave-like solutions of the variables. Connections between the classical and quantum relations for corresponding variables are observed from the one-to-one comparisons.
The approach is to start with some of the elementary ideas of classical mechanics and to translate these concepts to their equivalents in quantum mechanics. This will be done by changing the classical components of the total energy of particle into their quantum mechanical equivalents and arriving at the Schrodinger equation. The conjugate variables, position and momentum, in the Hamiltonian functions can be determined precisely for classical mechanical applications. This chapter deals with the Schrodinger model of the behavior of single electrons as affected by potential wells. The wave mechanic approach is extended to provide an outline of the interactions of many electrons with nuclei. In terms of the Pauli exclusion principle, the four quantum numbers of the electron states must be different. As additional electrons are added, the states available for occupation can be filled only according to the rules governing the quantum numbers.
We set up the Maxwell's equations and the corresponding classical wave equations for the electromagnetic waves which together with the generating source, a traveling oscillatory charge of zero rest mass, comprise a particle traveling in the force field of an usual conservative potential and an additional frictional force fff. At the de Broglie wavelength scale and in the classic-velocity limit, the total wave equation decomposes into a component equation describing the particle kinetic motion, which for f=0f=0f=0 identifies with the usual linear Schrödinger equation as previously. The fff-dependent probability density presents generally an observable diffusion current of a real diffusion constant; this and the particle's usual quantum diffusion current as a whole are under adiabatic condition conserved and obey the Fokker-Planck equation. The corresponding extra, fff-dependent term in the Hamiltonian operator identifies with that obtained by H.-D. Doebner and G.A. Goldin. The friction produces to the particle's wave amplitude a damping that can describe well the effect due to a radiation (de)polarization field, which is always by-produced by the particle's oscillatory charge in a (nonpolar) dielectric medium. The radiation depolarization field in a dielectric vacuum has two separate significances: it participates to exert on another particle an attractive, depolarization radiation force which resembles in overall respects Newton's universal gravity as we showed earlier, and it exerts on the particle itself an attractive, self depolarization radiation force whose time rate gives directly the frictional force fff.