Solution

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Choose a short simple root and a long simple root , with and angle . The six positive roots of the G2 root system are
and their negatives complete the two concentric hexagons of short and long roots. The fundamental weights are
so is itself a short root and is the highest root.
The seven-dimensional representation has weight set
each with weight multiplicity one. Their positive heights are , so the q-character of a highest-weight representation is
This is one weight string, hence
The representation is the fourteen-dimensional Adjoint representation. Its nonzero weights are the twelve roots, and its zero-weight space is the two-dimensional Cartan subalgebra. The positive root heights are , so
Splitting this into ordinary strings gives
Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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