For Li=ϵijkqjpk, the canonical Poisson brackets give {Li,Lj}=ϵijkLk. Consequently projections onto fixed axes n,m obeyIf the two original projections are conserved and the axes are linearly independent, the preceding Jacobi identity argument makes the projection along n×m conserved as well. The vectors n,m,n×m form a basis of three-dimensional space, so every fixed-axis projection is a linear combination of these conserved quantities. Angular momentum is therefore conserved along every axis.
{n⋅L,m⋅L}=(n×m)⋅L.
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