For constant internal matrices acting on Dirac fields, the equal-time canonical anticommutation relations givewith the corresponding spatial delta functions for fields. The quartic terms cancel after fermion reordering. Integrating proves the displayed algebra for well-defined global Noether charges, with normal ordering and a regulator that preserves the nonanomalous internal symmetry. Orthogonal chiral projectors make the left/right mixed commutators zero. This reduces current-charge closure to a finite matrix calculation.
For normalized triplets and , let the raising matrix have ones in entries and . Its commutator with its adjoint is . Neutral mixing in leaves this result unchanged because . With current normalization using , fermionic bilinear charge algebra gives the displayed proportionality to the leptonic electric charge . Other current normalizations change the numerical prefactor, not closure. Equal-time algebra does not itself imply conservation of a fermionic weak charge in a symmetry-broken theory.
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