Solution

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Use the Clebsch-Gordan decomposition for SU2, which states that . Here this gives
To determine symmetry, realize the tensor product as polynomials in two pairs of variables. A highest-weight vector in the th summand can be chosen proportional to . Exchanging the two factors multiplies it by , and hence multiplies the entire irreducible summand by that sign. Even belong to the symmetric square, odd to the exterior square. Thus
Their dimensions are respectively and , as required for a four-dimensional space.

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