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Axially symmetric isotropic-mass Lagrangian

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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
Jn​=n⋅(q×q˙​).
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If L also has no explicit time dependence, the energy ∣q˙​∣2/2+V(q) is conserved independently.

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