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Past exam of the representation theory of semisimple Lie algebras course of the University of Oxford 2010 2 c Solution by
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For every on a hyperplane , with , part (b) embeds one Verma module into the other. A central element acts on the nonzero image by both scalars, so there.
The difference of these two expressions is a polynomial on . Fix all coordinates parallel to those hyperplanes and vary the remaining coordinate. It vanishes at every nonnegative integer, so as a polynomial in that coordinate it is identically zero. Its coefficient polynomials therefore vanish as well. Consequently the equality holds for all . Since the simple reflections generate the Weyl group,
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