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

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