Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-groups-and-representations-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2022/2/d/ii/solution

The two-index symmetric representation of SU(3) is , with Dynkin index . Thus copies have , and the supplied beta function is
The strict sign condition for asymptotic freedom is , giving
Indeed , while .

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