Quantum for Dummies (part 17)
Essentials: Collapsing wave functions
1 min readDec 28, 2023
The Schrödinger equation encapsulates what we can know about a given quantum system in the form of a wave function. It can only predict the probabilities that the system is in a specific state, while a measurement gives us a unique answer: it is in this state or that. The mere observation of the system seems to narrow down the possibilities to a…