The Wave equation explains the behavior of atomic particles. The eigenvalues of the wave equation were shown to be equal to the energy levels of the quantum mechanical system. This equation is used to find the allowed energy levels of quantum mechanical systems. The solution to this equation is a wave that describes the quantum aspects of the system. During the time of Schrodinger he developed another step the the Bohr's atom model. He developed the likely hood of electrons in a certain position. This model is known as the quantum mechanical model of an atom. The understanding of the atom during the time period was that electrons have stationary orbit, each orbit has an energy associated with it, energy is absorbed when an electron jumps, and the energy absorbed by the electron can be calculated by using the difference between the two orbital energies.
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This is an image of the Quantum mechanical model made by Erwin Schrodinger.