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We relate the shifting superoperator to a previously formulated quantum canonical transformation and present the generalization of quantum shifting to multicomponent systems. The gauge theory respects fundamental fermionic and bosonic particle properties, as we demonstrate by proving the compatibility of operator shifting and exchange symmetry. We formulate the quantum version of hyperdensity functional theory to provide formal access to hyperforces as well as to general averaged quantum observables via universal density functionals. For time-dependent situations, we describe quantum dynamical gauge invariance and prove exact dynamical sum rules for nonequilibrium situations, as generated by Hamiltonian time dependence. We argue for the fundamental status of statistical mechanical gauge invariance based on the compliance of the underlying geometry with canonical quantization according to Dirac's correspondence principle. 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