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thought of roughly as the study of physics on very small length scales, although there are
also certain macroscopic systems it directly applies to. The descriptor “quantum” arises
because in contrast with classical mechanics, certain quantities take on only discrete values.
However, some quantities still take on continuous values, as we’ll see.
In quantum mechanics, particles have wavelike properties, and a particular wave equation, the Schrodinger equation, governs how these waves behave. The Schrodinger equation
is different in a few ways from the other wave equations we’ve seen in this book. But these
differences won’t keep us from applying all of our usual strategies for solving a wave equation
and dealing with the resulting solutions.
In some respect, quantum mechanics is just another example of a system governed by a
wave equation.