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by pa7x1 855 days ago
The Schrodinger equation is just restating something you may already know if you studied physics. The Hamiltonian is the generator of time translations.

Look at it again with that understanding in your head: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MathWikib...

H acting on a state gives you the time translation of the state. That's the crux of it.