Visual representation of quantum superposition principle, wave-particle duality, and quantum jumps

APS March Meeting 2024 Nobel prize winner Richard Feynman declared: “I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.” Indeed, quantum phenomena are the most extraordinary and bizarre. Another Nobel prize winner, Niels Bohr, who made a major contribution to the development and understanding of quantum mechanics, proposed abandoning the visual representation of quantum processes to avoid falling into contradictions. However, even the “prohibitions” of famous people do not stop the inquisitive human mind. When exploring the processes of quantum mechanics, we consciously or unconsciously try to imagine them. But how to do that? We propose to introduce a new type of motion into physics and mathematics, which we call discrete motion. This type of motion, which has never been considered or discussed in the scientific literature, will help us clearly understand how quantum processes occur. Using a discrete motion model, we represented in simple drawings how an indivisible electron passes through two holes simultaneously, how the famous quantum jump occurs, and much more.