Solution

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Write for the irreducible SU(2) representation of dimension , with character of a representation . Here , with weights . Squaring its character of a representation and successively removing the highest-weight irreducible characters gives
The dimensions check the decomposition; complete reducibility follows from the invariant inner product.
For the exterior square, add distinct pairs of weights. Its character of a representation is . Equivalently it is . Hence , of dimensions five and one. The complementary symmetric square is .

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