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A coordinate representation of a quantum state, commonly a complex-valued amplitude over position or another configuration basis.
The wavefunction itself depends on basis and phase convention; the Born rule extracts probabilities from amplitudes.
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Fourier transformation relates position-space and momentum-space wavefunctions.
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
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A wavefunction is a representation of a quantum state in a chosen basis, commonly position.
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
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Electron diffraction is described by coherent wave amplitudes associated with the electron state.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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The experiments directly display the predictive role of a coherent state amplitude without implying a classical trajectory through both slits.
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