I'm new to quantum physics, but as far as I've understood, electron orbitals are defined as the region where an electron has a 90% probability to be. Unless I'm wrong, every point has some probability for an electron to be there, so why did we choose the points as they are, and not in a different way with a different shape made up of a different set of points that also encompasses a 90% probability of an electron being there?
Why are electron orbitals shaped how they are?
Atharv Rao
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