Explicit weight basis of the exterior square of Sym4 for sl2
ID: explicit-weight-basis-of-the-exterior-square-of-sym4-for-sl2
Let and for . For the sl2 Lie algebra, the raising and lowering operators are , , and has weight . A weight basis of the irreducible representation isA weight basis of the complementary isThe first vector in each list is a highest-weight vector. Applying along the first list gives successive coefficients ; along the second it gives . The final vectors are killed by . At the overlapping weights , the two listed vectors are independent, proving the direct sum.
// Target: semisimple-lie-algebra.bigb
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