# Max Planck and energy quantization idea

Did Planck have an intuition behind the idea of energy quantization of atomic oscillators and radiation, or it was just a mathematical trick to drive his distribution law?

• I think this question belongs more on the history of science and mathematics stack exchange: History of Science and Mathematics – enumaris Oct 17 '18 at 16:51
• That's the definition of physics at a fundamental level: tricky ways to translate the world & experimental results into maths. So he was physicizing (not sure about the word). How did newton realize $F=m\,a$? That'd be complicated I think...Oh, actually is exists on this site – user7532 Oct 17 '18 at 16:54
• Maybe this is what you are looking for: math.lsa.umich.edu/~krasny/math156_article_planck.pdf – Hugo V Oct 17 '18 at 17:04
• I'll migrate this question to History of Science and Mathematics, because it seems to be less about the physical basis of energy quantization than about the thought process Planck used to get there. – rob Oct 17 '18 at 22:27
• – Francois Ziegler Oct 21 '18 at 18:09