On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the
Schrodinger equation a small symposium was organized in Vienna. It had
mainly retrospective character, where after an appreciation of
Schrodinger's scientific achievements the results were collected which
one could extract from his equation. Of course not all the developments
which originated in Schrodingers dis- coveries could be included.
Instead, it was attempted to present a review of the established
predictions which follow directly from his equation. Despite the 50
years of its existence there are always new results of this sort being
found, especially because the necessary mathe- matical methods are being
developed and become known to the physicists slowly only now .. I want
to take the opportunity here to thank the lecturers for their efforts
which they put into their excellent talks and their written versions.
With their help this volume should become a useful document on the
current mathematical art in the treatment of the Schrodinger equation.
Finally it is my pleasant obligation to thank the Bundesministerium fUr
Wissenschaft und Forschung and the Kulturamt der Gemeinde Wien for their
financial support which made it possible to honor one of the great
Austrian scientists.