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If
L
=
∣
q
˙
∣
2
/2
−
V
(
q
)
and
V
depends only on
∣
q
∣
2
and
(
q
⋅
n
)
2
, then rotations about the axis
n
leave
L
invariant. The quantity supplied by
Noether theorem
is the axial angular momentum
J
n
=
n
⋅
(
q
×
q
˙
)
.
(42)
If
L
also has no explicit time dependence, the energy
∣
q
˙
∣
2
/2
+
V
(
q
)
is conserved independently.
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