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Mass-weighted oscillator symmetries

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For independent coordinates with L=∑i​mi​(x˙i2​−ω2xi2​)/2, the variables Xi​=mi​​xi​ give an isotropic oscillator even at unequal masses. Rotations of the Xi​ are continuous symmetries. Their conserved Noether charges Xi​Pj​−Xj​Pi​ therefore predate any equality of physical masses. Equal masses alone cannot create new invariances of arbitrary additional interactions.

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