  This paper presents a global optimization approach to quantum mechanics,
which describes the most fundamental dynamics of the universe. It suggests that
the wave-like behavior of (sub)atomic particles could be the critical
characteristic of a global optimization method deployed by nature so that
(sub)atomic systems can find their ground states corresponding to the global
minimum of some energy function associated with the system. The classic
time-independent Schrodinger equation is shown to be derivable from the global
optimization method to support this argument.
