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+A classical theory possesses a symmetry if the action $S(\phi)$ is unchanged by a transformation $\phi \to \delta \phi$. In a quantum theory, however, we have a symmetry if the path integral $\int D \phi e^{iS(\phi)}$ is invariant under a given transformation $\phi \to \delta \phi$. The key observation is now that invariance of the action $S(\phi)$ does not necessarily imply invariance of the path integral since the measure $D \phi$ can be non-invariant too. In more technical terms, the reason for this is that whenever we change the integration variables, we need to remember that the Jacobian can be non-trivial.
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 An anomaly is an obstruction to the construction of a quantum theory that has the same symmetry group as its action.
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   * see also [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00018739000101531|Geometry and topology of chiral anomalies in gauge theories]] By R. RENNIE
   * [[http://inspirehep.net/record/213998/files/v15-n3-p99.pdf|Anomalies and Cocycles]] by R. Jackiw
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