List of things named after Erwin Schrödinger
# List of things named after Erwin Schrödinger

This is a list of things named after the Austrian theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger.

## Quantum physics

* Einstein–Schrödinger equation, see Wheeler–DeWitt equation
* Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment devised by Schrödinger that illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects
* Schrödinger equation, an equation formulated by Schrödinger that describes how the quantum state of a physical system changes in time
   * Schrödinger–Pauli equation
* Schrödinger field, a quantum field which obeys the Schrödinger equation
* Schrödinger–HJW theorem, a result about density matrices
* Schrödinger method, a method used to solve some problems of distribution and occupancy
* Schrödinger operator, see Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)
* Schrödinger paradox, the paradox that living systems increase their organization despite the Second Law of Thermodynamics
* Schrödinger picture, a formulation of quantum mechanics in which the state vectors evolve in time, but the operators (observables and others) are constant
* Schrödinger's pure-affine theory
* Schrödinger–Newton equation
* Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation theory
* Robertson–Schrödinger relation

### Related mathematical concepts and equations

* Logarithmic Schrödinger equation
* Nonlinear Schrödinger equation
* Schrödinger functional
* Schrödinger group, the symmetry group of the free particle Schrödinger equation

## Astronomy

* Schrödinger (crater), a lunar impact crater
* Vallis Schrödinger, a long, nearly linear valley that lies on the far side of the Moon
* 13092 Schrödinger, a main belt asteroid

## Other

* Schrödinger logic
* The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics
* Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1956)
* Schrödinger Medal
* Schrödinbugs, a type of software bugs, related to Heisenbugs, that manifest themselves in running software only after a programmer notices that the code should never have worked in the first place.
* "Schrödinger" – A Dirac codec implementation developed by David Schleef.
* Schrödinger (company), a scientific software company
* Schrödinger (Hellsing), a fictional character in the Hellsing manga series by Kouta Hirano

### Popular culture

* Schrödinger's Cat trilogy
