Who Hid the Divergence?
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Actually, no, right here on Earth, in the cozy lecture halls of universities, students believed that scalar magnetic fields do not exist. After all, that’s what the textbooks say, and textbooks can’t lie… right?
However, along came a hero named G.V. Nikolaev, who started asking dangerous questions. For example, why does the vector potential AA seem to exist, but its divergence mysteriously vanishes? Is this physics or a magician’s trick?
How Does the Divergence Disappear?
Let’s take the vector potential:
f we calculate its curl (i.e., see how it twists), we get the familiar formula:
Everything seems fine—until someone asks, “But what about the divergence?”
Normally, if you have an equation, you can differentiate it, right? But instead of straightforward computation, textbook authors suddenly start writing dozens of intermediate formulas. After a long, convoluted shell game, they triumphantly declare:
And then they wink at the students, as if to say, “Just trust us, and don’t even think about checking!”
Nikolaev: “Let’s Check It!”
G.V. Nikolaev wasn’t one to just “trust.” Instead, he honestly calculated the divergence of A:
Oops! That means scalar magnetic fields do exist!
“Well, This is Awkward…” – The Lorenz Gauge But then came a twist: in other textbooks, such as those discussing the Lorenz gauge, it has long been written that:
So Nikolaev was actually right; it’s just that this fact was conveniently “forgotten” in popular textbooks.
Conclusion: Something Smells Fishy!
Why do scientists so vehemently deny the existence of scalar magnetic fields?
- Maybe admitting a mistake is too painful for academic egos?
- Maybe someone is afraid they’ll have to rewrite entire textbooks?
- Or maybe, there are hidden technologies they don’t want to reveal just yet?
Whatever the case, if someone is desperately trying to cover something up, then it’s worth digging deeper. After all, science is not about blind faith—it’s about the search for truth!если кто-то упорно пытается что-то скрыть – значит, стоит покопаться глубже. Ведь наука – это не слепая вера, а поиск истины!