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Hmmm I don't get it. What boundaries, the box boundaries? How does it break translational symmetry?
Anyway in this case I think at least elastic collisions will still conserve momentum, eg this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision#/media/File:... conserves momentum even if the box has infinite mass.
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Hmmm I don't get it. What boundaries, the box boundaries? How does it break translational symmetry?
Anyway in this case I think at least elastic collisions will still conserve momentum, eg this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision#/media/File:... conserves momentum even if the box has infinite mass.