The coordinates and are cyclic, so their canonical momenta are conserved:
Because the Lagrangian has no explicit time dependence, the conserved energy is
These are the three integrals of motion requested.
For a phase-mixed one-dimensional collisionless stellar system, is an integral of motion and . Integrating both signs of velocity gives . Applying the Abel transform a second time gives ; differentiating proves the inverse. Sufficient convergence, regularity, and correct escape-energy boundary conditions are essential. An arbitrary tracer-density/potential pair is physical only if the reconstructed phase-space distribution function is nonnegative. Applying this inversion to a galactic disk requires a locally separable vertical dynamics or a justified approximation to it, and control of radial mixing and the tilted velocity ellipsoid.