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An Interpretation of the Squared Amplitude of a Solution of the Schrodinger Wave Equation

Tim C Jenkins

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It is found that that from a mathematical standpoint the probability density given by a solution of the Schrodinger wave equation is determined by an underlying random variable which has a Chi-Square distribution with one degree of freedom, and that the resulting mean probability density agrees with its deterministic value in quantum mechanics. As a result quantum probability and interference patterns in particular, would obey the normal laws of probability.

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It is found that that from a mathematical standpoint the probability density given by a solution of the Schrodinger wave equation is determined by an underlying random variable which has a Chi-Square distribution with one degree of freedom, and that the resulting mean probability density agrees with its deterministic value in quantum mechanics. As a result quantum probability and interference patterns in particular, would obey the normal laws of probability.

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It is found that that from a mathematical standpoint the probability density given by a solution of the Schrodinger wave equation is determined by an underlying random variable which has a Chi-Square distribution with one degree of freedom, and that the resulting mean probability density agrees with its deterministic value in quantum mechanics. As a result quantum probability and interference patterns in particular, would obey the normal laws of probability.

Key concepts: Probability amplitude, Mathematics, Symmetric probability distribution, Probability density function, Schrödinger equation, Probability distribution, Amplitude, Random variable

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