Schrodinger Equation Visualizer

This visualisation uses AI Generated code, finetuned for the best visualisation, not code quality

schrodinger.mov

Interactive C + Raylib visualizer for building intuition about the time-dependent Schrodinger equation, wavefunction evolution, probability density, and how the PDE links local curvature to time change.

What This Visualisation Shows

• The relationship between Re(psi), Im(psi), and |psi|^2
• How different potentials reshape the evolving wave packet
• Why detector outcomes follow probability density rather than amplitude directly
• Several intuition pages that unpack dpsi/dt, complex-plane motion, and the equation term by term

Visual Map

flowchart LR
    A["Initial Wave Packet"]
    B["Potential V(x)"]
    C["Schrodinger Update"]
    D["Complex Amplitude psi(x,t)"]
    E["Probability Density |psi|^2"]
    F["Measurement Intuition"]

    A --> C
    B --> C
    C --> D
    D --> E
    E --> F

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Controls

• q: quit
• 1 to 7: switch pages
• p: cycle presets
• space: pause or resume
• r: reset the wave packet and runtime state
• c: clear the detector histogram

Run

make run