Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-102/2/i/solution

Choose the Borel subalgebra determined by the positive roots. Regard the one-dimensional space as a -module on which acts by zero and acts by . The Verma module is
The Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt theorem identifies it as a vector space with acting on a highest-weight vector .
For each positive root , arbitrary powers of a negative-root vector contribute the geometric series . Consequently the formal character of a weight module is
This product is interpreted in the completion of the group algebra in the negative-root direction; the PBW basis proves that every coefficient is the correct finite weight space dimension.
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