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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def gradient(self):
 """Compute the gradient of the energy for all atoms"""

        result = np.zeros((self.numc, 3), float)
        for index1 in range(self.numc):
            result[index1] = self.gradient_component(index1)
        return result