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@ seno44: If the generalization I proposed in my last comment is correct, the Taylor method is easily generalized. As far as I can see it leads to an infinite set of equations of the form $(vx^k, vv) = 0 (k=0,1,2,...)$ where $vv = (v_{10}, ..., v_{N0})$ , $x^k = (x_{10}^k, ..., x_{N0}^k)$, and $(a,b)$ is the scalar product of the vectors $a$ and $b$. As the equations must hold for all k, the only solution for $vv$ is the trivial one. QED.
@ seno44: I agree, if you consider the Taylor Expansion "very dificult" which, honestly, I wouldn't. But, you are right, there should be some simple symmetry argument to give the proof (even simpler than in the answer of Fritz Veeman) because the contrary holds for a symmetric potential, i.e. you can have $d=0$ iff $x_{10}+x_{20}=0$ and $y_{10}+y_{20}=0$