Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-102/1/f/solution

For , the Killing form of the special linear Lie algebra is
For and , its matrix on the Cartan part is
whose determinant is . Each pairs only with , with value . In the stated ordering, the remaining block is
whose determinant is . Therefore
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