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			\| name = Erwin Madelung
	\| image = Biography_Erwin_Madelung.jpg		\| image = Biography_Erwin_Madelung.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Erwin~~ Madelung		\| caption = Madelung memorial image
	\| ~~name~~ = ~~Erwin Madelung~~		\| birth_date = 18 May 1881
	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~1881~~		\| birth_place = Bonn, Germany
	\| death_date = 1972		\| death_date = 1 August 1972
			\| death_place = Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	\| fields = Physics		\| fields = Physics
	\| work_institutions = University of Frankfurt		\| work_institutions = University of Frankfurt
	\| known_for = Madelung rule; Madelung equations		\| known_for = Madelung rule; Madelung equations; quantum hydrodynamics
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	~~{{Short description\|Physicist associated with orbital filling order}}~~		'''Erwin Madelung''' (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule for orbital filling and with a hydrodynamic formulation of quantum mechanics.
	'''Erwin Madelung''' (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule, a ~~common~~ ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals in electron ~~configurations~~.
			== Electron configurations ==
			The Madelung rule is a practical ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals. It is widely used in elementary descriptions of [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron configuration\|electron configuration]], even though real atomic structure can include exceptions due to electron correlations and relativistic effects.

	In the ~~Quantum Collection~~, Madelung ~~is linked with the practical organization of electron configurations in atoms~~.		Madelung also rewrote the Schrödinger equation in a fluid-like form, an approach now called the Madelung equations.

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Quantum Collection links ==
	* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron configuration]]		* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron configuration]]
	* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/orbital]]		* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/orbital]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum Schrödinger equation]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum Wavefunction]]

			== References ==
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			* {{Cite journal \|last=Madelung \|first=E. \|year=1927 \|title=Quantentheorie in hydrodynamischer Form \|journal=Zeitschrift für Physik \|volume=40 \|pages=322-326 \|doi=10.1007/BF01400372}}
			* {{Cite web \|title=Madelung rule \|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Madelung-rule \|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica \|access-date=2026-05-23}}

	{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}		{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}

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			\| birth_date = 1881
			\| death_date = 1972
			\| fields = Physics
			\| work_institutions = University of Frankfurt
			\| known_for = Madelung rule; Madelung equations
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	{{Short description\|Physicist associated with orbital filling order}}		{{Short description\|Physicist associated with orbital filling order}}
	'''Erwin Madelung''' (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule, a common ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals in electron configurations.		'''Erwin Madelung''' (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule, a common ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals in electron configurations.

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{{Short description|Physicist associated with orbital filling order}}
'''Erwin Madelung''' (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule, a common ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals in electron configurations.

In the Quantum Collection, Madelung is linked with the practical organization of electron configurations in atoms.

== See also ==
* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron configuration]]
* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/orbital]]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}