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CONCEPT
OF THE POTENTIAL HAS DEVELOPED AS SEVERAL
FUNDAMENTAL
NOTIONS:
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AS
THE "INTERNAL" STORAGE OF ENERGY IN SOME
FASHION
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AS
A POINT-VALUE FUNCTION IN 3-SPACE
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AS
A SCALAR FUNCTION WHOSE SPACE RATE OF CHANGE YIELDS A
VECTOR FORCE
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THE
ENERGY STORAGE MECHANISM IS QUITE UNKNOWN.
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NO
THOUGHT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFINING IT AS
HAVING
A HYPERSPATIAL WAVE SET COMPOSITION.
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THE
THIRD NOTION EFFECTIVELY MAKES ALL FORCES LOCAL A
PRIORI,
AND EXCLUDES ACTION AT A DISTANCE BY
POSTULATION.
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THE
THIRD NOTION IS KNOWN TO BE INCORRECT. THE GRADIENT OF
A
POTENTIAL DOES NOT PRODUCE A FORCE UNTIL A MASS IS
PRESENT,
TO WHICH THE GRADIENT COUPLES.
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