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G2 adjoint branching to a short-root sl2 subalgebra

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For a short root α in the G2 root system, restriction of the Adjoint representation to the sl2 subalgebra associated with a root gives
g≅V(3)⊕2⊕V(2)⊕V(0)⊕3.
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Here V(n) is the irreducible sl2 Lie algebra representation of highest weight n and dimension n+1. Every nonzero root vector x∈gα​ has dimZg​(x)=6: the raising operator has a one-dimensional kernel in each of these six irreducible summands.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / iii / Paper 102 / 2 / c / Solution
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