The Schrödinger Equation Explained in 60 Seconds

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • The Schrödinger Equation is the key equation in quantum physics that explains how particles in quantum physics behave. You wanna know where your electron is going to go? That’s the Schrödinger equation you’ll need.
    So why does it look so complicated? Well it’s because in quantum physics, when you are describing what a thing like an electron will do, it doesn’t follow the rules of particles it follows the rules of waves, and that’s what these psi’s are, they are wave functions.
    Okay so an electron is a wave, and a wave can evolve in space and in time, but it can’t evolve in any old way, there are constraints about how it can evolve, and those constraints? That’s what the Schrödinger equation is telling us.
    It says that over time the total energy has to stay the same. And this total energy is made of the kinetic energy, and potential energy. An example of a potential energy for an electron is just being in an atom.
    So if you want to see what a quantum object will do in the future, you need to find the wave function that will satisfy all these bits of the Schrödinger equation.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 385

  • @herp_derpingson
    @herp_derpingson 3 роки тому +1579

    Video title: Can I Explain the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?
    Me: No
    Me: * Watches video *
    Me:

    • @domainofscience
      @domainofscience  3 роки тому +177

      Haha brilliant. That's how I feel about most of quantum mechanics tbh.

    • @rodrigoappendino
      @rodrigoappendino 3 роки тому +154

      It's more like
      1/√2 |yes> + 1/√2 |no>

    • @chillphil967
      @chillphil967 3 роки тому +13

      wait would comments be fermions or bosons..?

    • @rodrigoappendino
      @rodrigoappendino 3 роки тому +14

      @@chillphil967 Bósons, because they don't have spin (spin 0).

    • @TeslaElonSpaceXFan
      @TeslaElonSpaceXFan 3 роки тому +6

      @@rodrigoappendino Ohh, and what about 100%? 1/√2 + 1/√2 != 1

  • @dominik.w1226
    @dominik.w1226 3 роки тому +2428

    watching at x2 speed -> understanding Schrödinger's equation in 30 secs

    • @wibufisika9606
      @wibufisika9606 3 роки тому +52

      Download the video, speed it up, then you can understand it in faster than light!

    • @vitery100
      @vitery100 3 роки тому +22

      You live in 2090

    • @dillbourne
      @dillbourne 3 роки тому +32

      Physics professors HATE this ONE trick!

    • @mihapetek3418
      @mihapetek3418 3 роки тому +2

      Smert

    • @amanrawatskosmos4548
      @amanrawatskosmos4548 3 роки тому +10

      @@wibufisika9606 nope! Then it will take 2 minutes to only download 😂😉

  • @domainofscience
    @domainofscience  3 роки тому +621

    Hey this is just a bit of an experiment. Sometimes you just want a quick introduction to something rather than diving into a full 20 min video. And it was a fun challenge to see if I could explain it in a minute. I'm still working on longer videos but might make more of these. What do you think?

    • @katelinhudak1947
      @katelinhudak1947 3 роки тому +39

      Yes, really enjoyed the quick video, would like to see more!

    • @karthikdulam9830
      @karthikdulam9830 3 роки тому +6

      Nice, that's this bit, that's that bit.

    • @YeeLeeHaw
      @YeeLeeHaw 3 роки тому +14

      These are great because it forces the teacher to remove unnecessary bloat and can focus on the fundamentals instead.

    • @madeofcake6972
      @madeofcake6972 3 роки тому +7

      Obviously this video was just for fun, but it would be good to see a more in depth video on it! Cheers.

    • @fernweh3726
      @fernweh3726 3 роки тому +7

      Certainly I do not appreciate this format, to me it seems useless

  • @somerandomguy___
    @somerandomguy___ 3 роки тому +680

    Alternative title : explaining the schrödinger equation speedrun any%

  • @emanoelanselmo180
    @emanoelanselmo180 3 роки тому +96

    "Can I Explain the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?": yes
    Can I understand the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds?: no, but i like the speedrun.

    • @samblock4937
      @samblock4937 3 роки тому

      It’s not that complicated

    • @gerardo49078
      @gerardo49078 3 роки тому +13

      @@samblock4937 Whoa, easy there, Tesla

    • @golden1975
      @golden1975 3 роки тому +1

      @@gerardo49078 it really isn't

    • @redtoxic8701
      @redtoxic8701 3 роки тому +9

      @@golden1975 to understand what he explained not, but I still don't know what more than half of the symbols mean

    • @mikuculus3720
      @mikuculus3720 3 роки тому

      @@redtoxic8701 you need a background in math it’s mostly partial derivatives

  • @waficlabban8658
    @waficlabban8658 3 роки тому +112

    You had me in the first minute not gonna lie

  • @edibesare
    @edibesare 3 роки тому +252

    That was really brilliant for a minute.

  • @LookingGlassUniverse
    @LookingGlassUniverse 3 роки тому +60

    Nailed it! 😍

  • @moffboffjoe
    @moffboffjoe 3 роки тому +100

    I forgot that this was only 60s, the end caught me completely off guard

  • @tiong2351
    @tiong2351 3 роки тому +61

    Minute physics Xd

    • @mobizoid2571
      @mobizoid2571 3 роки тому

      😅😅😂😂👍

    • @adamxue6096
      @adamxue6096 3 роки тому +1

      Actually, why *_ISN'T_* this on Monute Physics instead XD

  • @mihirpadhye4067
    @mihirpadhye4067 3 роки тому +4

    No. but Eminem can.

  • @ankanart03
    @ankanart03 3 роки тому +88

    Physicist : Quantum Physics is very complicated
    DOS : Hold my 1m video 😄😄😄

  • @davidhd7816
    @davidhd7816 3 роки тому +31

    If you keep going like this, you,ll make every each one of us a quantum physicist.

  • @jaari2032
    @jaari2032 3 роки тому +58

    Nobody:
    The smart guy in the movie over complicating a simple thing with science stuff which don’t make sense

    • @tomimated1638
      @tomimated1638 3 роки тому +2

      I mean, it’s pretty well justified in its complexity, he explained a basic proxy for understanding a single character (repeated in triplicate), but it would probably take either of us several hours at least to use it to calculate the potential electron locations for like a caesium atom or something.

    • @strangeranjan
      @strangeranjan 3 роки тому

      But the main problem is detecting the neutrinos at the particle accelerator of our laboratory which can make annihilation of antineutrinos present there

  • @TheQuackingGuy
    @TheQuackingGuy 3 роки тому +8

    This feels very wrong. Trying to act like partial derivative with respect to time means "over time" and Hamiltonian acting on ψ meaning "Energy stays the same" can't be true. What you're describing is "total derivative of Hamiltonian is zero". Is that where schrodinger comes from?

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 3 роки тому

      Can you explain me in detail?

    • @markho4958
      @markho4958 3 роки тому +3

      As a PhD student in Physics, this video is so wrong. Schrodinger Equation does NOT mean "energy stays the same".
      The correct way to interpret the Schrodinger Equation is: "Energy (or Hamiltonian) is the generator of time evolution of a wavefunction".
      To understand this sentence more easily, one can try to understand another similar statement "Momentum is the generator of space evolution(or translation)" , which is essentially saying "because an object have momentum, it translates( or it moves)"

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 3 роки тому

      @@markho4958 Thanks for explanation bro

  • @wmelstan
    @wmelstan 3 роки тому +16

    It would be really interesting to watch about laser cooling and why it is not using in our regular life as an opposite of infrared heaters, to cool the surface of our bodies and furniture without cooling an air inside the room.

  • @yoshikojanededel4306
    @yoshikojanededel4306 3 роки тому +12

    Never clicked on something so fast

  • @romanbykov5922
    @romanbykov5922 3 роки тому +15

    Easy!
    Neo: I know Quantum Physics.
    Morpheus: Show me.

  • @lazarusunkwon6
    @lazarusunkwon6 3 роки тому +5

    So basically it's a partial differential equation adapted to the realm of discrete mathematics? I thought it would turn out to be more difficult, but if I were to compare it to other theories in the fields of science, like Das Kapital from economics, phylosophy and a bit of calculus; it turns out to be quiet easy. Just use your imagination and that's all. Thanks a lot to this man I can see that vague idea a lot clearer now, but at the same time it shows the long way I still need to develop it. Once more thank you very much DoS.

  • @yungifez
    @yungifez 3 роки тому +2

    I'm getting cringed up
    I learn something in class today and a youtuber posts it
    This is the third time this week

  • @rv706
    @rv706 3 роки тому +4

    Rather than "energy stays the same in time", I would say: "energy is what generates the dynamics", which is quite literally true from the math.

  • @englebertmagentaschweiger1447
    @englebertmagentaschweiger1447 3 роки тому +7

    This is the best brief explanation of the Schrödinger equation I've ever seen. Well done.

  • @woufff_
    @woufff_ 3 роки тому +4

    Brilliant, reminds me of minutephysics, feel free to be flexible with the timing too :)

  • @Exler_Ko
    @Exler_Ko 10 місяців тому +2

    i was actually hoping for the explanation to the equation

  • @rivv6796
    @rivv6796 3 роки тому +2

    Alternative title : Can you understand Schrodinger's equation in 60 secs?

  • @scienceentanglement2180
    @scienceentanglement2180 3 роки тому +2

    Can I understand the Schrodinger equation in 60 seconds?
    yes yes yes yes yes
    yes yes yes yes yes
    ye s yes yes yes yes
    yes yes yes yes yes

  • @mipsuperk
    @mipsuperk 3 роки тому +1

    Short video, but I still watched it at 2x speed. Ain't nobody got time for normal speed videos.

  • @TotalImmort7l
    @TotalImmort7l 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you very much for this Top tier content.

  • @petaflop.
    @petaflop. 3 роки тому +2

    The first minute of the video was really crazy!

  • @foundingtitan7
    @foundingtitan7 3 роки тому +1

    now i need these more than some cringe tiktoks for a minute.
    p.s. i wrote "some" cause some are at times pretty good.

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 4 місяці тому

    Based on what this video says we have photon ∆E=hf electron interaction continuously transforming potential energy into the kinetic Eₖ=½mv² energy of matter, in the form of electrons as an uncertainty ∆×∆pᵪ≥h/4π probabilistic future comes into existence.

  • @strangeranjan
    @strangeranjan 3 роки тому +2

    Schrödinger : you doesn't spell my name correctly, how can you derive equation

  • @siddharthpatil3099
    @siddharthpatil3099 3 роки тому +1

    Is Schrödinger's equation applicable to all the particles present in different dimensions of the universe,like if there is a particle moving in 5th dimension. And if I want to prove that dark matter consist of gravitons,will this eq help to prove it

  • @aaaaahhhhhh6969
    @aaaaahhhhhh6969 3 роки тому +1

    Resolution is trivial and left as an exercise for the reader

  • @SerumCRM114
    @SerumCRM114 3 роки тому +28

    I learned more from you in one minute than a whole semester of quantum chemistry 😂

  • @volbla
    @volbla 3 роки тому +1

    Now explain how to find that wave function :)

  • @imjustpassinthru
    @imjustpassinthru 2 роки тому +1

    I'm not exactly new to this subject. I'm a working class guy with a good basic understanding of quantum mechanics because that sort of thing interests me. I get really frustrated with scientific language -- i.e., the "narrative" part of a theory in between the math equations -- because it's often vaguely written and subjective. Searching the internet for a basic definition of the Schrodinger equation, I keep reading that the equation deals with the evolving state of a "dynamic system." That's what I wanna know about. What all is included in the meaning of a "dynamic system?" The word "system" sounds like more than just one particle. Is the Schrodinger equation applicable to an atom? A molecule? A cluster of molecules? How about just a single electron or photon?

  • @lilamukherjee4930
    @lilamukherjee4930 10 місяців тому +1

    Wtf is this!!! Looks like some kids doodled some drawings.

  • @Livai001
    @Livai001 3 роки тому +1

    Explanation starts at 0:37 :)

  • @sinecurve9999
    @sinecurve9999 3 роки тому +1

    How my quantum mechanics professor described the Schrodinger Equation: it's like the diffusion equation, but time is complex.

    • @DrAtomics
      @DrAtomics 3 роки тому

      Lol, he is over complicating things... That sucks to get those kinds of professors

  • @spaghettimeatballs6352
    @spaghettimeatballs6352 3 роки тому +1

    You should do a map of Earth Science, because Earth Science is one of the 4 main sciences, and is the only one of the 4 mains missing (includes geology, meteorology, oceanology, etc.)

  • @BCdesu
    @BCdesu 3 роки тому +1

    The real minute physics

  • @wassollderscheiss33
    @wassollderscheiss33 3 роки тому +2

    I need this explained in detail to a somewhat layman (engineer)

  • @sergeygoncharov2441
    @sergeygoncharov2441 3 роки тому +1

    this explanation is a joke. it is not explaining anything.

  • @strwz
    @strwz 3 роки тому +1

    great, now make me understand the Schrodinger equation in 60 seconds

  • @ayushagrawal8198
    @ayushagrawal8198 3 роки тому +3

    Alternative title : explaining the schrödinger equation speedrun any%

  • @david_porthouse
    @david_porthouse 3 роки тому +1

    The Schroedinger equation is ambiguously a wave equation and an equation of tachyonic Brownian motion. There's more than one way to travel faster than light, and these two behaviours are orthogonal to each other. Interesting things happen when our entity interacts with an electromagnetic field.

  • @harshchaurasia5869
    @harshchaurasia5869 3 роки тому +1

    The uncertainty principle says that you can't simultaneously make people understand the SE as well as make the video short

  • @alexbailey791
    @alexbailey791 3 роки тому +1

    I think this was very successful and helpful

  • @arjunkr3924
    @arjunkr3924 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine he had another 60 sec.

  • @divyamshukla
    @divyamshukla 3 роки тому +1

    Nope...damn noo!! You can't..

  • @strangeranjan
    @strangeranjan 3 роки тому +1

    Learning Schrödinger's equation in a yawn

  • @GediMini
    @GediMini 3 роки тому +1

    Didn't even see the title before clicking on the video. Was shocked when it just ended abruptly. But great video! It can't be easy to explain a concept so well in is so few words

  • @davidrandell2224
    @davidrandell2224 4 місяці тому

    QM classicalized in 2010. Forgotten Physics website uncovers the hidden variables and constants and the bad math of Wien, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Einstein, Debroglie,Planck, Bohr etc. So,no.

  • @kevinhardy8997
    @kevinhardy8997 4 місяці тому

    Anyone take quantum Chem 240? Had to derive this from first principles. Took a month. Barely understood anything. Has complex numbers too.

  • @shalu759
    @shalu759 3 роки тому +1

    But but I am only 13...

  • @harmanvlogger3859
    @harmanvlogger3859 3 роки тому +1

    Didn't understand 😥😥

  • @SampleroftheMultiverse
    @SampleroftheMultiverse 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for your interesting article.
    Your viewers might enjoy this video showing under the right conditions quantization of a field is easily produced.
    Add energy, bind the field so the energy can not get out, stress it in the perpendicular direction, then use a bonding mechanisms, at the points of highest possibility with the maximum duration. Bond it to the a jointing field and walay you have a stable structure out of three field.
    This model shows how a field represented by a sheet of elastic material under the right initial conditions naturally form quantized energy levels.
    From there it was easy to form very stable three dimensional structures using a very minimal amount of material. (similar to the way engineers built large light weight space structures)
    ua-cam.com/video/wrBsqiE0vG4/v-deo.htmlsi=waT8lY2iX-wJdjO3
    You and your followers might find the quantum-like analog useful in visualize nature properties of fields.
    I have been trying to describe the “U” shape wave that is produced in my amateur science mechanical model in the video link.
    I hear if you over-lap all the waves together using Fournier Transforms, it may make a “U” shape or square wave. Can this be correct representation Feynman Path Integrals?
    In the model, “U” shape waves are produced as the loading increases and just before the wave-like function shifts to the next higher energy level.
    Your followers might be interested in seeing the load verse deflection graph in white paper found elsewhere on my UA-cam channel.
    Actually replicating it with a sheet of clear folder plastic and tape and seeing it first hand is worth the effort.

  • @SandipKumar-uw8ct
    @SandipKumar-uw8ct 10 місяців тому

    Schrodinger name , and Equation , wave , Quantum Physics ,
    1sttimes , by Sanit kumar,
    💙💙🖊

  • @fuseteam
    @fuseteam 3 роки тому

    a wave can evolve in space and in time
    me: wait a particle can only evolve in space
    so the wave-particle duality says that it can evolve in both space and time or just in space......or time hmmmmmmmmmm

  • @himstitute9030
    @himstitute9030 3 роки тому +1

    please start a map series for classs 11th and 12th for every chapter

  • @DrAtomics
    @DrAtomics 3 роки тому +1

    Currently taking quantum class, this was well timed lol.

  • @mihaleben6051
    @mihaleben6051 4 місяці тому

    So basically, what i have observed
    Quantum physics formulas are fractal. Well actually, its like you did too much u substitution.
    Those letters arent variables, they are equations.

  • @stehbar
    @stehbar 8 місяців тому

    is this supposed to be an “explanation? 😂😂😂 to all of those who have not understood anything of this clownery, be reassured: neither have I (a professional physicist who is working with the Schrödinger equation over the past forty years). channel banned

  • @romzeek
    @romzeek 5 місяців тому

    It isn’t complicated - you’re just afraid to look at the formula and what it represents - once you understand what the concepts are behind the letters and numbers - things get clearer. My issue with math was that nobody ever really explained to me fractions - which just left me scared of math.

  • @pendalink
    @pendalink 2 роки тому

    eh, would be more meaningful to specify, broadly, why it's not in the form of a typical wave equation/the meaning of the order of the two derivatives, and conclude with what that means regarding the regime the schrodinger equation describes

  • @rishiraman998
    @rishiraman998 3 роки тому

    If you are more these making 60 sec videos . Besure to make long explanation of these , otherwise we just consuming half knowledge as viewer.
    Hope you make long explanation videos.

  • @chrisgriffiths2533
    @chrisgriffiths2533 3 місяці тому

    An Electron is Not a Wave.
    Electrons Create Waves.
    However Thanks for the Explanation.

  • @waleedirshad9550
    @waleedirshad9550 3 роки тому

    Me a Commerce student watching this
    oh yes! Good F**k

  • @crediblesalamander8056
    @crediblesalamander8056 3 роки тому

    This is great, but I feel like it sort of misses the point. I can describe any equation by telling you that it defines the constraints of how something behaves, but that's not the interesting bit. I feel like with maybe 5 minutes, you would have been able to explain the basic relationship(as you already have) while still maybe at least trying to say what the symbols actually mean, instead of just saying "this bit" and "that bit". Great idea though.

  • @ValidatingUsername
    @ValidatingUsername 6 місяців тому

    Integrating a resistance to further bending of space time metric would solve lots of problems mathematically 😊

  • @adroaldoendres1989
    @adroaldoendres1989 Рік тому

    Is Schrödinger's cat still in the box after all these years?Not very humane now , is it? LOL 😂

  • @MoaazMunir
    @MoaazMunir 4 місяці тому

    Read about kinetic energy and potential energy in physics! I liked this equation explained with cats better! 🙃

  • @kumailaziz146
    @kumailaziz146 3 роки тому +1

    Very Clear and GREAT!!!
    Go ahead and make more videos at the same way

  • @muhammadhaikal1896
    @muhammadhaikal1896 3 роки тому +1

    Nice, Now I can register for Harvard

  • @imkarthikbhasi
    @imkarthikbhasi 8 місяців тому +1

    Understood that I can't understand this!

    • @RSAMV9611
      @RSAMV9611 6 місяців тому

      😂 . I see. I don't get it

  • @carlosmspk
    @carlosmspk 3 роки тому

    I've gained some insight into it, but it still says very little about it, so I'd go on and say, no, you can't explain it in 60 seconds. Good try though, I've learned something

  • @luc7478
    @luc7478 3 роки тому +1

    It hits exactly the spot.

  • @ull893
    @ull893 Рік тому

    What was the hurry? Is it because of an upcoming quiz in high school 😂😂😂😂

  • @Aakash-e1x4t
    @Aakash-e1x4t 3 місяці тому

    I want explanation of all the terms used! With numericals to understand better! These types of theory based explanations are useless

  • @aadityapratap007
    @aadityapratap007 4 місяці тому

    That's exactly how I'll describe it next time to someone who dont know about it. Thanks.

  • @ThePrairieDogChannel
    @ThePrairieDogChannel 3 роки тому

    This did not solve the problem, if i didn’t click the video I wouldn’t know how to solve the problem, but i did click the video and i still don’t know what the hell im looking at. I’m afraid this cat is dead

  • @Atlasik
    @Atlasik 3 роки тому +1

    when you have 1 minute left till your online meeting

  • @ammarmbe
    @ammarmbe 3 роки тому

    The real question is can I understand Schrödinger's equation in 60 seconds?
    The answer is no.

  • @Darfaultner
    @Darfaultner 3 роки тому +1

    Got it
    not

  • @mynameisgleeriplaypiano4620
    @mynameisgleeriplaypiano4620 3 роки тому

    Can you explain about Multiverse with Many Worlds Theory?

  • @vishwaspatel6330
    @vishwaspatel6330 3 роки тому

    Btw you lied us
    It took 60 seconds + some mini seconds to watch this video..

  • @Manuel-gr2mc
    @Manuel-gr2mc 5 місяців тому

    After AGI we can finally go to mars with robots ! Yipeee!!!

  • @pelasgeuspelasgeus4634
    @pelasgeuspelasgeus4634 5 місяців тому

    Can you tell us when and how was experimentally proven the validity of that equation?

  • @JohnVKaravitis
    @JohnVKaravitis 3 роки тому +4

    0:12 Whether you treat it as a particle or a wave depends on what you are studying. Electrons do have particle behavior, but they also have wave behavior. FYI, I am wrapping up my BS - Physics, and have taken two Quantum Mechanics classes.

    • @seanki98
      @seanki98 3 роки тому +2

      you have to sweep a hell of a lot under the carpet to make a minute video on quantum physics

  • @michaelgonzalez9058
    @michaelgonzalez9058 8 місяців тому

    It can with string theory(Quantum,wavevfunction)

  • @bryan3dguitar
    @bryan3dguitar 4 місяці тому

    Didn't explain the potential and kinetic energies, just mentioned them...

  • @oreowithurea5018
    @oreowithurea5018 3 роки тому

    You were able to explain it in 60 seconds. But I wasn't able to understand it in 60 seconds

  • @DendrocnideMoroides
    @DendrocnideMoroides 3 роки тому +1

    Very Bad

  • @throwaway7425
    @throwaway7425 Рік тому +1

    actually more useful than my textbook, thank you

    • @VarunSaiHere
      @VarunSaiHere Рік тому

      your textbook must be your username tho🤣

  • @Christopher28fair
    @Christopher28fair 3 роки тому

    You could probably take three hours and I still wouldn't understand.

  • @adastrizzy
    @adastrizzy 3 роки тому

    Schrödingers Minute-Video: you both understand and not understand!

  • @physics_enthusiast_Soorya
    @physics_enthusiast_Soorya 3 роки тому

    It's all about understanging not speedrunning

  • @odysseashlap
    @odysseashlap 3 роки тому

    You forgot to mention that you have to get psi squared to get the probability. Psi itself is almost useless

  • @tomelifeisjustonebig
    @tomelifeisjustonebig 4 місяці тому

    I don’t think you know what “explained” means.