What is Schrödinger's cat equation

Explain Schrödinger's cat in a way you can truly understand but first who was Schrödinger born in Vienna on August 12th 1887 Berwyn Schrödinger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 Schrödinger is famous for his work in quantum theory particularly for the Schrödinger wave equation which described the behavior of quantum particles which act like both waves and particles his equation provided solutions in which wave functions are related to the probable occurrence of physical events a man of many talents Schrödinger also attempted to show how quantum mechanics could be used to explain the stability of genetic structure however despite all this the issue of the role of probability in quantum theory made Schrödinger along with some other physicists very unhappy, and he devoted a great deal of time to developing philosophical objects to the standard interpretation of his own theories the most famous of these is a thought experiment now referred to as Schrödinger's cat the thought experiment was an attempt to refute an idea proposed by physicists in Copenhagen known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics these physicists suggested that particles could exist simultaneously in two states and that it was only once the particle had been observed that it existed in one state or the other Schrödinger came up with his thought experiment as a way to argue that this theory did not make sense one version of the thought experiment goes something like this imagine you locked a cat inside a steel box that is completely cut off from the outside world in the Box said Schrodinger you also place a vessel that contains a small amount of a radioactive substance the radioactive sub this is such that after one hour there is an equal probability of one atom of the substance either decaying or not the game you also place a Geiger counter inside the box which can detect if radioactive decay has taken place the Geiger counter is connected to a hammer perched above a small glass container holding a poisonous gas if the Geiger counter detects radioactive decay it will prompt the hammer to break the glass releasing the poison this poison will then kill the cat while the box is still closed there is no way of predicting what has happened inside it as there is an equal probability of the atom decaying and not became we therefore cannot know whether the cat is dead or alive until we open the box speaking in terms of quantum mechanics as long as the box is still closed we could say that the cat exists in a superposition of states both alive and dead once the box is opened the atoms wave function collapses and one outcome is observed Schrödinger argued that this outcome was quite ridiculous as you could not possibly have a cat that is both alive and dead the experiment might sound strange, but it was simply meant to show how ludicrous the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and quantum superposition were however because of the complicated way Schrödinger set up his experiment many people assumed Schrödinger was in fact supporting the concept of quantum superposition in reality he was arguing the opposite it should be noted though that while quantum superposition can seem silly when applied to everyday objects in the macro world the theory is not without merit it does in fact work for quantum particles like electrons on