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Schroedinger, Erwin | Abhandlungen zur Wellenmechanik, Leipzig, 1927, first collected edition

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Schroedinger, Erwin 

Abhandlungen zur Wellenmechanik. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1927


First collected edition of Schroedinger’s work on wave mechanics.


This landmark collection of Schrodinger’s papers brings forth the discovery of the Schrodinger equation, originally published in Annalen der Physik a year prior. The 1926 paper entitled "Quantisierung als Eigenwertproblem" "contains the first appearance in the literature of his famous wave equation, written out for the hydrogen atom” (DSB)


8vo (230 x 151 mm). Lightly toned, marginal repair to free endpaper and title, marginal tear to first page Original green cloth, red lettering; spine sunned, light wear at head and foot.


REFERENCES

DSB XII, 217-223