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The relation between the conservation laws and the symmetry properties of space and time is examined. If the simplest possible equation of motion takes the place of Newton’s equation, the usual conservation laws are not obtained. In the quantum physics, on the contrary, there is a superabundance of conservation laws and their physical significance is not obvious.
The ensuing article of Y. Murai, the subject of which he has discussed with me repeatedly, encourages me to publish the following simple considerations which I had presented, some time ago, to the New Jersey Science Teachers Association (November 1951 meeting at Atlantic City).
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Wigner, E.P. (1997). Conservation Laws in Classical and Quantum Physics. In: Wightman, A.S. (eds) Part I: Particles and Fields. Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. The Scientific Papers, vol A / 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09203-3_11
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