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2026-10-08 TU Darmstadt, pages of Prof. Gerhard W. Bruhn (STEP I)

Index: https://www2.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/~bruhn/Meyliana.html (saved pages/bruhn-*.html). Bruhn is a mathematician and an organised critic (GWUP member per de.wikipedia; Meyl calls him a "Betrüger" per Bruhn): an interested party on the critics' side. His statements are his characterisation; the documents he quotes (Furtwangen dean, Südkurier) are reported as quoted by him. Queries that led here: Eibert Meyl Skalarwellen Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk Stellungnahme; Hochschule Furtwangen Meyl distanziert Skalarwellen Stellungnahme; Bruhn Meyl "Journal of Scientific Exploration" 15 2001 scalar waves comment.

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  1. JSE critique (2001). G. W. Bruhn, "On the Existence of K. Meyl's Scalar Waves", Journal of Scientific Exploration 15(2), pp.206-210, 2001, printed directly after Meyl's paper (pp.199-205, in the folder). JSE editorial 15/2, quoted by Bruhn: "Another presentation was by Konstantin Meyl; however it had already been published on the Web and would therefore not have been eligible for publication in JSE. But we received a substantial critique of Meyl's paper from Gerhard Bruhn, which made it appropriate to publish Meyl's claims together with the critique of them." Copies: https://cdn.danielkarl.com/bruhn_critic1.pdf (curl failed to connect; not tried in Chrome), https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/26128958/ . Not downloaded.
  2. "Stellungnahme zu Äußerungen des Herrn Meyl in CO'MED 01/03" (GegendarstellungBr.htm, 20 Feb 2003): answer to the CoMed 01/03 interview that is in the folder. Bruhn: "Niemand bestreitet die Existenz von Skalarwellen generell" (longitudinal waves exist, e.g. plasma waves); only Meyl's electric scalar waves are disputed. His argument: from Meyl's two basic equations (NET-Journal 2002/7-8, BINNOTEC 2002) E and H are perpendicular to each other and to v, and v is the propagation velocity, so the waves are transverse. Also states Meyl's JSE paper is his only journal paper (as of 2003).
  3. Furtwangen dean's statement (Comed-Hoenl.html; CoMed 12/2002 p.41 ff., dated 27-11-02), Prof. Dr. Robert Hönl, dean of CEE: Meyl researches "auf eigenes Betreiben (außerhalb und nicht 'unter der Flagge' der FHF)" and "ist ... bis jetzt den theoretischen und experimentellen Nachweis seiner Theorie schuldig geblieben, obwohl mehrfach dazu aufgefordert"; the topics are excluded from teaching by instruction of faculty and rector; "Experimentierkoffer haben wir nicht, aber wir haben unabhängige Gutachten über den Koffer. Diese sind im Meyl'schen Sinn negativ"; positive opinions "soll es wohl geben, aber Herr Meyl nennt leider nicht die Quellen"; referenced supporters "haben das Thema weit von sich gewiesen". Hönl's personal view: the theory is untenable. Bears on claim 4 (the "some universities" confirmations) and the historical record.
  4. Südkurier, Villingen-Schwenningen, "Hochschule distanziert sich von Messeauftritt" (suedkurier.html; 2008): Südwest-Messe 2008 special show "Neutrinopower - Energie aus dem Weltall?"; chancellor Gerd Kusserow told SWR the show was not coordinated with the university and Meyl may not lecture on scalar-wave theory there; device prices "knapp 10000 Euro" and "knapp 8000 Euro" (sold to e.g. Heilpraktiker); Klaus Keck (Konstanz, chemist, 76) as opponent; Meyl warns on his site of the "parawissenschaftlichen GWUP-Sekte". Interested parties on both sides.
  5. "Richtigstellung" (Richtigstellung.htm, Feb 2004): at the DGEIM meeting 25.10.2003 its chair Dr. Treugut said Universität Stuttgart was "ganz weit vorne" in using this technology (citing the Foundations of Physics Letters MEG paper with Ciubotariu, Vigier, Evans/AIAS). Bruhn's research: Ciubotariu stayed at ICA I without a contract until 1999; director Prof. H. J. Herrmann "teilt mit, dass in seinem Institut nie an 'Skalarwellen' gearbeitet wurde"; AIAS (Budapest) is private. Bears on claim 3/4 (claims of academic support) and links Meyl's audience to the Bearden MEG / Evans O(3) circle (priority 3).
  6. Runckel Gutachten (Nov 2003) and Bruhn's reply (Runckel-Report.htm, 12.08.2004): after his dean pressed him to name the positive expert opinions, Meyl named one supporter, Prof. Dr. Hans-J. Runckel (financial mathematics, Universität Ulm; per Bruhn also active for MUFON), who sent "Betr. Theorien von Herrn Prof. Meyl" with two annexes (an iteration method for solving Meyl's basic equations M1-2, and a justification of the fundamental field equation). Bruhn: Meyl names Runckel as adviser in his book (so not impartial); the basic equations have non-trivial solutions only for |v| = c; superposition is violated; Runckel starts from a different equation (R1) than Meyl's rule (M). The Runckel opinion is the one named academic support on record; its text was not found online (lead).
  7. "Meyl zieht sich aus dem Skalarwellengeschäft zurück" (Forschungsvorschlaege.htm, 12 Mar 2004): Bruhn reports a statement on Meyl's site (k-meyl.de/de/Meyl/Schlagzeile/Stellungnahme_Rueckzug/...) that Meyl would withdraw from the scalar-wave business and focus on field physics and alternative energy. Wayback CDX query for that path returned nothing. The later record (2005 Hamburg lecture, 2008 Messe, kits and devices on sale in 2026) shows the activity continued. Historical record; Meyl's own wording still to be found.
  8. 2008 commentary on three almost identical Meyl papers (MeylAnual2006.html, 30 May 2008): Meyl's "new and dual field approach" eqs. (2.1),(2.3) are taken from W. R. Pohl's book, where they describe a transverse wave moving at c; with div D or div B not 0 the Pohl waves would need charge transport at c; plus remarks on a misapplied chain rule and on longitudinal solutions of the fundamental field equation (4.5). Bears directly on claims 1 and 3 (mathematician's material).
  9. Other Bruhn pages listed (not opened): "Zwölf Fragen an Professor K. Meyl", "Abschlussbericht zu Meyl's Fehlern", "Überprüfung von Meyls Transformationsgleichungen", "Meyls Herleitung einer Plasmawelle", "Lösungsverhalten bei K. Meyls Fundamentaler Feldgleichung", "Ist EINSTEIN überholt? Zu Meyls Objektivitätstheorie", "Das Meylsche Dipol-Elektron" and "5000 Euro noch nicht abgeholt! Preisausschreiben zum Dipol-Elektron", "Skalarwellen und die rauhe Wirklichkeit der Experimente" (opened: Fresnel's polarisation experiments as evidence against longitudinal components of light), "Meyl sagt Skalarwellen-Veranstaltung ab", "Nachtrag zur IRI-Tagung in Washington DC" (the 2003 conference where Faraday-or-Maxwell was given). Link to Klaus Keck's site http://www.xy44.de/skalar/.