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The highest weight of a representation is the weight of a nonzero weight vector annihilated by every positive-root operator. Every other weight is obtained from by subtracting a nonnegative integer combination of simple roots. A finite-dimensional irreducible representation of a complex semisimple Lie algebra is determined by its dominant integral highest weight.

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