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Past exam of the groups and representations course of the University of Oxford 2021 3 a Solution by
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Use Dynkin labels , so the rows of the Cartan matrix are the simple roots expressed in fundamental weight coordinates. For the A2 root system,Starting at the highest weight and subtracting successive allowed simple roots gives . Negating these weights gives the dual representation. Hence the two fundamental weight systems areEach listed weight has weight multiplicity one. The highest weight is the highest root, so its representation is the Adjoint representation. Its nonzero weights are the six roots, while the Cartan subalgebra supplies the zero weight twice:The superscript indicates weight multiplicity. This also follows from : the nine tensor product weights comprise six differences of distinct fundamental weights and three zeros, one zero belonging to the trivial representation.
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