History
The azimuthal quantum number was carried over from the Bohr model of the atom, and was posited by Arnold Sommerfeld. The Bohr model was derived from spectroscopic analysis of the atom in combination with the Rutherford atomic model. The lowest quantum level was found to have an angular momentum of zero. To simplify the mathematics, orbits were considered as oscillating charges in one dimension and so described as "pendulum" orbits. In three-dimensions the orbit becomes spherical without any nodes crossing the nucleus, similar to a skipping rope that oscillates in one large circle.
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