Solution

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For the A5 root system, take simple roots , , in the hyperplane . Their squared lengths are two, adjacent simple roots have inner product , and all other pairs are orthogonal. Hence the An Dynkin diagram is the five-node single-edge chain
Its Cartan matrix is
The complex Lie algebra is ; the corresponding compact special unitary group is , whose Lie algebra is its compact real form.

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