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It is shown within the framework of the local approach that the dimensionality of the commutative subalgebras of observables, leading to a separation of variables, is equal to the number of independent variables. A number of questions relating to the degeneracy of the spectrum are also considered.
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V. G. Bagrov, V. N. Shapovalov, and A. G. Meshkov, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Fiz., No. 11, 66 (1973).
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 13–17, November, 1976.
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Meshkov, A.G., Shapovalov, V.N. Integrals of motion in quantum mechanics. Soviet Physics Journal 19, 1396–1399 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00890780
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