XPost: sci.math   
   From: bogatl@not.ru   
      
   imbecile Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn puts the food in his mouth again:   
      
   > john larkin wrote:   
   >>>> You also need a large _gradient_ of magnetic field.   
   >>>   
   >>> What is that even supposed to mean?   
   >>   
   >> It means that there is no perpetual motion, no free energy.   
   >   
   > My question was what "_gradient_ of magnetic field" is supposed to mean   
   > because the magnetic field is a _vector_ field, and the gradient is only   
   > defined for *scalar* fields.   
      
   this cretin doesnt know what a gradient is in mathematics, nor that to a   
   magnetic field is associated with its own strength.   
      
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