Solution

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The displayed calculation identifies the root system of as . The symplectic Lie algebra has root system . After exchanging the two simple-root labels, the and Cartan matrices agree, so their Dynkin diagrams define the same complex simple Lie algebra. The classification of finite-dimensional complex simple Lie algebras therefore gives
This is the Isomorphism between so5 and sp4.
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