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To describe the de Broglie wave equation, we need to back up just a bit and look at something regarding fundamental particles. One of the curiosities of physics is the idea of wave-particle duality. When we inspect a fundamental particle, like the electron for example, we find that it can be looked at either as a particle or as a wave.

A particle has mass, and it has both momentum and some amount of energy associated with it. Both momentum and energy are associated with matter. A wave, on the other hand, has both wavelength and frequency characteristic of that wave. Frequency and wavelength are associated with a wave. In wave-particle duality, the particle has to have a way its mass can be equated with the wave. And de Broglie stepped in to supply the equations that specify the relationship between the momentum and energy of a particle, and the frequency and wavelength of it's equivalent wave. Use the link below to check out the formula and learn more. These two equations are simple and easy, and it would be wise to look them over.

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