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The central pair potential is invariant under simultaneous spatial translations, simultaneous rotations and time translations. The corresponding time-independent Noether charges are total momentum , total angular momentum about a fixed origin, and total energy .
In one dimension this supplies and : two charges. In two dimensions it supplies : four charges. In three dimensions it supplies three momentum components, three angular-momentum components and : seven charges. For generic states these listed charges are independent in those dimensions. Galilean boosts can also be expressed by explicitly time-dependent conserved combinations, but are not part of the requested translation-rotation-energy count.

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