 Cartesian moments of a three-dimensional ball

Spherical symmetry makes moments over a ball isotropic tensors. Odd moments vanish under $x\mapsto -x$, while the second and fourth moments areFor the second moment, a tensor contraction gives $3\alpha =\int r^{2}dV=4\pi a^5/5$. For the fourth, complete index symmetry makes the three coefficients equal and a double tensor contraction gives $15\beta =\int r^{4}dV=4\pi a^7/7$. These identities turn polynomial volume integrals into scalar radial integrals and are useful for inertia and rotational averages.