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Is Norton's dome valid (or does $\frac{d^2 \vec{p}}{dt^2} = \vec{0} \implies \frac{d^n \vec{p}}{dt^n} = \vec{0} \ \forall \ n > 2$)?
Your example is not analogous to Norton's dome.
Norton's point is that Newtonian mechanics says that the trajectory of a particle obeys $\ddot{x}(t) = F(x(t),\dot{x}(t), t)$ at every point in time $t$,...
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Permanent magnets - why spontaneous symmetry breaking?
First I will write some general remarks about spontaneous appearance of orientation. After that I go to the question specifically.
Take the following demonstration:
Take a large plate, in the middle ...
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What were the $r$ and $n$ of $\theta$s (Polchinski String theory section 8.6 page 265)?
The numbers $r_i\in\mathbb{N}$ are the degeneracies/multiplicies of the eigenvalues $\theta_i$ of the diagonal background gauge field $A_{25}$ in the compactified 25th direction
$$ A_{25}~=~-\frac{1}{...
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Nonlinear symmetry realization: what is it for and caveats?
$\newcommand{\ex}[1]{\mathrm{e}^{#1}}\newcommand{\i}{\mathrm{i}}$Let me add a couple of points to Cosmas' answer
A crucial observation for your first question is that
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[X_\alpha,X_\beta] ...
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