Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-lie-algebras-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/2/i/solution

By the classification of finite-dimensional sl2 representations over , every finite-dimensional module is a direct sum of simple modules , indexed by integers . The module has dimension and a basis with
with out-of-range vectors interpreted as zero. In particular is a highest weight vector of weight . The weights are , each with multiplicity one. The multiplicities of the in a finite module determine that module up to isomorphism.

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