a function that satisfies a wave equation; esp. a Schrödinger wave function (see Schrödinger, n.).

A solution of a differential equation possessing solutions only for special values of a parameter.

Used attributively and in the possessive to designate concepts developed by Schrödinger. a complex function ψ of space and time such that the…

each of the eigenfunctions of the angular momentum of a quantum-mechanical system (as a subatomic particle), the sum of which is equal to the wave…