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Schrödinger picture  

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  • In physics, the Schrödinger picture is a formulation of quantum mechanics in which the state vectors evolve in time, but the operators (observables and others) are mostly constant with respect to time (an exception is the Hamiltonian which may change if the potential V changes). This differs from the Heisenberg picture which keeps the states constant while the observables evolve in time, and from the interaction picture in which both the states and the observables evolve in time. The Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures are related as active and passive transformations and commutation relations between operators are preserved in the passage between the two pictures. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger_picture)

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  • Schrödinger representation

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