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October 28, 1966Physical Review1,741 citations

Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation from Newtonian Mechanics

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ENEdward Nelson

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We examine the hypothesis that every particle of mass m is subject to a Brownian motion with diffusion coefficient 2m and no friction. The influence of an external field is expressed by means of Newton's law F=ma, as in the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck theory of macroscopic Brownian motion with friction. The hypothesis leads in a natural way to the Schr\"odinger equation, but the physical interpretation is entirely classical. Particles have continuous trajectories and the wave function is not a complete description of the state. Despite this opposition to quantum mechanics, an examination of the measurement process suggests that, within a limited framework, the two theories are equivalent.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d99fc7c7f0c3ae80a3e06bhttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.150.1079
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