SCHRODINGERS EQUATION WITHOUT BORNS GUIDANCE

Schrodinger's equation may be obtained from the statistical mechanics of random walks, without recourse to guided diffusion. Although quantu m mechanics does not follow from this particular result, the exercise of deriving Schrodinger's equation in a context where it has an unambi guous microscopic model provides some insight into more phenomenologic al approaches. Brownian motion in time is discussed asa possible bridg e between Schrodinger's equation and quantum mechanics. (C) 1998 Elsev ier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.