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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by floxy on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:39PM (#25739830)
>assuming that "neutrons" have definite boundaries and are unambiguously distinguishable from the soup they inhabit.

How do free neutrons, etc. work into this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_neutron_decay

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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by uoaei on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:26PM (#25741069)
This may help answer some of your question, though I recognize it does not address it directly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnnXbOM5S4 (3b1b on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and how it arises)

Think of a free neutron as the wave envelope, rather than any of the bumps in the wave.

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