At fixed time write the azimuthal shift as modulo . Integrating a radial derivative over the box gives a boundary difference proportional to
The two integrals agree by translation invariance of an integral over a full azimuthal period. Hence . The ordinary periodic boundary conditions make the and boundary differences zero as well. Finally,
for every . Thus the volume averages in a shearing box satisfy
For smooth shearing-periodic extensions, spatial derivatives and products inherit the same shearing-periodic boundary condition. Their divergence therefore has zero volume average, and integration by parts is available without a residual boundary flux. Time differentiation of an average over this fixed physical box commutes with integration, even though the radial identification shifts with time.