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How do we account for conservation of energy in diamagnetic levitation when no external energy is required?

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  • $\begingroup$ Why conservation of energy should be broken there? $\endgroup$
    – Edvard
    Commented May 8, 2014 at 19:01

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I'm not sure why you expect that energy conservation should be broken. Recall that it does not necessarily cost any energy to hold something in place. A table does not expend any energy in keeping an object from falling to the floor.

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