====== Local Symmetry ====== A prototypical example of a system with local symmetry is a grid of completely black balls. TODO IMAGE GRID OF BILLARD BALLS. We can rotate each ball individually and no observer could tell the difference. Hence this system has a local rotational symmetry. The symmetry vanishes as soon as we put a little red dot onto each ball. Now it's easy to keep track of the orientation of each ball and there is no longer any local symmetry. ---- {{ :advanced_tools:localtransformations.png?nolink&600 |}} In this section things should be explained by analogy and with pictures and, if necessary, some formulas. The motto in this section is: //the higher the level of abstraction, the better//. /**/ /**/