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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 102 1 e Solution by
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The Killing form of a complex Simple Lie algebra is nondegenerate. Since is also nondegenerate, there is a unique endomorphism of satisfyingInvariance of both forms givesso intertwines the adjoint representation. That representation is irreducible because its invariant subspaces are ideals. The Schur lemma therefore gives . Since is nondegenerate, , andThis is the uniqueness of an invariant bilinear form on a simple Lie algebra.
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