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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 3 1 c ii Solution by
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Let , whose Dynkin labels are . Since is the sum of the two simple roots, its boundary distances in the dominant weight multiplicity formula for sl3 are . ConsequentlyFor a module in , this multiplicity is one in the two families having or , and two for and . For a module in , it is two in the families having or , and three for and . In each case, increasing by one increases the minimum only if neither nor already limits it.
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