Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 4 19I a i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Applying the Clebsch-Gordan decomposition for SU2 givesandOn the summand , interchange of the two tensor factors acts by ; this is the flip parity in the SU2 tensor square. The even- summands make the symmetric square, so
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 3 19J f Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let . In the summand from part (d), a highest-weight vector isThe raising operator annihilates this sum because consecutive terms cancel. Interchanging the tensor factors sends to . Since each summand in part (d) has multiplicity one, the flip acts by that scalar on the whole summand. The alternating square therefore consists exactly of the odd- summands. This flip parity in the SU2 tensor square gives