Biography:Erwin Madelung
| Erwin Madelung | |
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| Born | 18 May 1881 Bonn, Germany |
| Died | 1 August 1972 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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| Known for | Madelung rule; Madelung equations; quantum hydrodynamics |
Erwin Madelung (1881-1972) was a German physicist associated with the Madelung rule for orbital filling and with a hydrodynamic formulation of quantum mechanics.
Electron configurations
The Madelung rule is a practical ordering rule for filling atomic orbitals. It is widely used in elementary descriptions of electron configuration, even though real atomic structure can include exceptions due to electron correlations and relativistic effects.
Madelung also rewrote the Schrödinger equation in a fluid-like form, an approach now called the Madelung equations.
Quantum Collection links
- Physics:Quantum atoms/electron configuration
- Physics:Quantum atoms/orbital
- Physics:Quantum Schrödinger equation
- Physics:Quantum Wavefunction
References
- Madelung, E. (1927). "Quantentheorie in hydrodynamischer Form". Zeitschrift für Physik 40: 322-326. doi:10.1007/BF01400372.
- "Madelung rule". https://www.britannica.com/science/Madelung-rule.
Author: Harold Foppele