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If, hypothetically, a nerd wanted to code a hydrogen atom simulator (i.e. a proton plus the electron field (yes, QM) with an s orbital)... What would be an acceptable granularity for approximating the electron field with a grid?
Obviously the Planck length is WAY too small. Is the size of a proton per cubic cell acceptable? Or would that lead to too large approximation errors and/or too much memory usage?
I guess I... I mean, the nerd... Could also approximate it using spherical coordinates, but I'd like to expand it to atoms with higher nuclear charge in the future (approximating the nucleus as a single point), and the other orbitals seem like they would be really awkward in spherical coords.
I mean they. Not me. Definitely not me.
Also how much memory would they need to fit, say, a carbon atom's entire electron cloud, using the granularity determined above? (To within 99% probability)?
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If, hypothetically, a nerd wanted to code a hydrogen atom simulator (i.e. a proton plus the electron field (yes, QM) with an s orbital)... What would be an acceptable granularity for approximating the electron field with a grid?
Obviously the Planck length is WAY too small. Is the size of a proton per cubic cell acceptable? Or would that lead to too large approximation errors and/or too much memory usage?
I guess I... I mean, the nerd... Could also approximate it using spherical coordinates, but I'd like to expand it to atoms with higher nuclear charge in the future (approximating the nucleus as a single point), and the other orbitals seem like they would be really awkward in spherical coords.
I mean they. Not me. Definitely not me.
Also how much memory would they need to fit, say, a carbon atom's entire electron cloud, using the granularity determined above? (To within 99% probability)?
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In 1925, mathematicians Heisenberg, de Broglie, and Schrödinger established wave-particle duality as the basis of quantum theory. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #QuantumTheory #Heisenberg #deBroglie #Schrödinger (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1925b.html)
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In 1925, mathematicians Heisenberg, de Broglie, and Schrödinger established wave-particle duality as the basis of quantum theory. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #QuantumTheory #Heisenberg #deBroglie #Schrödinger (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1925b.html)
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In 1900, Max Planck managed to convince himself that heat is quantized. Later, Albert Einstein showed that light is also bundled into tiny quanta, which we call photons. This was the beginning of Quantum Theory. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #Planck (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1900.html)
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In 1900, Max Planck managed to convince himself that heat is quantized. Later, Albert Einstein showed that light is also bundled into tiny quanta, which we call photons. This was the beginning of Quantum Theory. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #Planck (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1900.html)
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In 1900, Max Planck realized that he had discovered the quantum unit of action. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #Quanta #Planck (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1900a.html)
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In 1900, Max Planck realized that he had discovered the quantum unit of action. #Poetry #Science #History #Quantum_mechanics #Quanta #Planck (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1900a.html)
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Hi to everybody! *waves*
Oh, no, I'm being observed! *particles*
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Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality
https://www.wired.com/story/imaginary-numbers-may-be-essential-for-describing-reality/