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The ellipsoid and the exponential factor are invariant under separate reflections of any coordinate. Split the integrand into its two polynomial terms. The term times that exponential is odd in , so its volume integral vanishes by reflecting . The other term times the exponential is odd in , so its volume integral vanishes by reflecting . Both integrands are continuous on a bounded region. Therefore odd-integrand cancellation by reflection gives

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