Wave function

Harvey had a tattoo of Schrödinger equation for the wave function of the particle. (AUDIO: The Big Blue Book)
== Behind the scenes ==
In Daybreak and The Vardan Invasion of Mirth, the First Doctor refers to points in time being made fixed once a probability waveform has collapsed. This is in reference to , as studied in real-world quantum mechanics, which occurs when a wave function in a (ie. with multiple possible ) is "observed" (measured), and thus collapses into one singular possibility.
, who first introduced the idea of a probability wave, personally maintained that he would "like to regard a probability wave, even in 3N-dimensional space, as a real thing, certainly as more than a tool for ", as a physical phenomenon, more than simply its descriptive wave functionBorn, Max (1964). Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance. New York: Dover Publications. p. 107..
== Footnotes ==
Category:Quantum physics
Category:Physics from the real world