In the minimal standard model (SM) with mν = 0, the 3 lepton numbers Le, Lμ, and Lτ are separately conserved. However, given the present neutrino-oscillation data, which imply that neutrinos have mass and mix with one another, the only conserved lepton number is L = Le+Lμ+Lτ if mν is Dirac, and (−1)L if mν is Majorana. As a result, lepton flavor violation must occur in τ decays, which may be cl...