Solution

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The projections in the Gelfand–Tsetlin algebra satisfy
Consequently the map sending a diagonal element to its scalar on each Gelfand–Tsetlin basis vector is a ring isomorphism
Each factor is a simple module over this algebra, and the algebra is their direct sum as a module over itself. This proves that is a semisimple algebra. The argument uses its explicit diagonal structure; being a subalgebra of a semisimple algebra by itself would not suffice.

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