Solution

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The special unitary group in two dimensions is
Let be its defining group representation, and for let
the homogeneous polynomial representation of SU2 on homogeneous polynomials of degree in two variables. It has degree of a representation . The representations are pairwise nonisomorphic, continuous, finite-dimensional irreducible representations, and the classification of finite-dimensional representations of SU2 says that this is the complete list.
Every is conjugate to with . The monomial basis of gives the character of the homogeneous polynomial representation of SU2
Writing , this is , interpreted by continuity when . The Clebsch-Gordan decomposition for SU2 is

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