Solution

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Let be the five-dimensional defining representation of the so5 Lie algebra. The tensor square splits into its symmetric square and exterior square:
The invariant symmetric form spans a trivial subrepresentation of , while its traceless complement is the irreducible of dimension . The identification makes the exterior square the ten-dimensional Adjoint representation, whose highest weight is the highest root . Therefore the Tensor-square decomposition of the defining so5 representation is

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