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Past exam of the groups and representations course of the University of Oxford 2022 2 e i Solution by
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Use the integer normalization from solution. For two fundamental representations, the specified discrete gauge anomaly coefficient is . Consequently all solutions in the finite cyclic group of charges areThere are ordered charge pairs. The trivial pair is included: the problem does not require a faithful action. If a faithful action on these Weyl fermions were additionally required, one would retain precisely the coprime to .
This cancels the discrete gauge anomaly defined in the paper. Two left-handed fundamental representations by themselves have a nonzero pure cubic SU(3) gauge anomaly; a complete gauge theory would need additional fermions to cancel it. That separate condition does not alter the requested discrete congruence.
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