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Canadian Journal of Physics

Quantum equations from Brownian motion

B. S. Rajput

Published Feb 1, 2011• 1 citation
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Abstract

The Schrödinger free particle equation in 1+1 dimension describes second-order effects in ensembles of lattice random walks, in addition to its role in quantum mechanics, and its solutions represent the continuous limit of a property of ensembles of Brownian particles. In the present paper, the classical Schrödinger and Dirac equations have been derived from the Brownian motions of a particle, and it has been shown that the classical Schrödinger equation can be transformed into the usual Schrödinger quantum equation on applying the Heisenberg uncertainty principle between position and momentum, while the Dirac quantum equation follows from its classical counterpart on applying the Heisenberg uncertainty principle between energy and time, without applying any analytical continuation.

DOI
10.1139/p10-111

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Some recent results have shown that in addition to its role in quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger free particle equation in (1+1) dimensions describes second-order effects in ensembles of lattice random walks. This alternative classical context for Schrödinger's equation is independent of its role in quantum mechanics. In this paper we extend this result to include the case of Schrödinger's equation in (2+1) dimensions for a particle in a smooth bounded potential. The extension suggests that the new classical context of Schrödinger's equation is quite general.
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