Students learning quantum mechanics are taught the Schrodinger equation and how to solve it to obtain a wave function. But a crucial step is skipped because it has puzzled scientists since the ...

Schrödinger’s equation, when applied to the entire universe, predicts superpositions that proliferate endlessly. These superpositions split the wave function into multiple universes or ...

Until then, its properties, such as momentum, are encoded in a mathematical object known as a wave function that essentially says: if you make a measurement, here are a range of possible outcomes.