The Schrodinger equation in Hilbert space is expressed as : ∂∂tψ(t)=−iℏHψ(t).
Here ∂∂tψ(t)≡ψ′(t)≡lim, and because \psi(t) is a Hilbert space vector, the limit is defined using convergence via the norm. (In other words, for any \epsilon>0 there exists an h_\epsilon>0, such that \big|\big|\psi'(t)-(\frac{\psi(t+h)-\psi(t)}{h})\big|\big| < \epsilon for all $|h|
But in the wavefunction realization (for a single particle), the Schrodinger equation is expressed as
\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi(x;t) = \frac{-i}{\hbar}\left [ - \frac{\hbar^2}{2 m} \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + V \right ] \psi(x;t).
Here, however, \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi(x;t) is a pointwise partial derivative with respect to t, and so the convergence depends only on each individual point x of \psi(x) separately.
If we take the abstract Hilbert space expression as definitive (axiomatically), then how can it be shown that the wavefunction realization actually expresses the same thing, given the different meanings of \frac{\partial}{\partial t}?
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