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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 305 3 i Solution by
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For an infinitesimal spacetime-dependent parameter, the action variation has the Noether current formIn canonical quantization, apply the corresponding transformation inside an equal-time correlation function. Integrating the resulting Ward-Takahashi identity over a thin time interval around an insertion givesComparison with yieldsin the conventions of the question. Current conservation makes time independent when the surface flux vanishes, so the same charge generates the symmetry at every time.
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