Question

Schrödinger gave a famous example of the consequences of this physical view of the world known as “Schrödinger’s cat.” What is the example and how does it derive from confronting the truth of the electron’s wave function?

Answer 1

Sol:

Schrodinger's cat:

In this example Schrodinger states that if you sealed a cat in a box containing a life threatening substance like a highly radioactive element then you cannot say that the cat is alive or dead until you open the box and see the state of cat, you can only say that the cat is alive and dead simultaneously.

Now as per this example you can see that electron inside an atom can be found in energy state describe by its wave function , you cannot tell until observing that in which energy state electron is, its like Schrodinger's cat you cannot tell the exact state of cat here you cannot tell the exact energy state of electron , the state of electron is described by a wave function whose square give the probability of finding the electron in a region.