Adjoint representation of a Lie algebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The adjoint representation is . For a semisimple Lie algebra, its nonzero weights are the roots and its zero-weight space is the Cartan subalgebra.
Borel subalgebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For a choice of positive roots, the corresponding Borel subalgebra is , the sum of a Cartan subalgebra and all positive root spaces.
The weights of lie below in the positive-root order, and every weight space is finite-dimensional. A nonzero submodule is stable under the Cartan subalgebra, so it is a direct sum of its weight spaces. Choose a maximal weight occurring in . Every positive-root operator would raise its weight; maximality therefore makes it kill any nonzero . Thus is a singular vector.
The Casimir element is central and acts throughout by
The same element acts on the highest-weight vector of weight by
Both are the action of one operator on the same module, so the scalars agree and
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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.