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Wick rotating this physicist’s namesake equation gives rise to the heat equation. By assuming that Slater determinants are good approximations, the Hartree-Fock method (10[1])is used to find approximate solutions to an equation named after this physicist. (-5[1])Eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian are solutions to the time-independent (10[1])form (10[1])of an equation named (10[1])after (10[1])this physicist. This physicist explored the principle of superposition (-5[1])in a thought experiment that uses a Geiger counter (10[1])to break (10[1])a vial of poison. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])name this physicist, whose namesake thought experiment involves a simultaneously dead and alive cat. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Erwin Schrödinger [accept Schrödinger equation; accept Schrödinger’s Cat]
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