On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 7:30 AM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> wrote:
*> The fact that the squared amplitudes add up to unity is not particularly > surprising when you have normalised the wave function!* > True, and it's also not surprising that it always gives you positive numbers, and that's just what you need for a probability. > > *Showing that this is a probability is a whole other kettle of bananas.* > And that other kettle of bananas is seeing if treating the square of the amplitude as a probability is compatible with experimental observation. And it is. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv09XWhbB7EAK3QvwtpRYz31mYsX6mmNN3Kj9HV6fWUUJg%40mail.gmail.com.
