Solution

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For the phase-space dilation generator ,
Therefore the condition is the first-order equation
If for every positive real , differentiate with respect to at . The chain rule gives exactly
so every smooth scale-invariant satisfies the constraint. The same conclusion for negative follows wherever the stated invariance is defined; differentiation only needs the positive component containing .

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