Solution

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Let and be the scalar mass matrix, which is the Hessian matrix of the scalar potential at the vacuum. Invariance under the infinitesimal Lie group action gives
Differentiate with respect to and evaluate at the vacuum expectation value . Since at a minimum,
Thus every tangent vector generated by a broken Lie algebra generator is a zero eigenvalue eigenvector of the scalar mass matrix. The unbroken generators are precisely those in the stabilizer Lie algebra and give the zero tangent vector; independent broken directions span . Hence Goldstone theorem gives
massless scalar modes at the classical level.

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