 Killing form of a semidirect product with a module (source code)

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= Killing form of a semidirect product with a module

For a finite-dimensional representation $\rho:\mathfrak g\to\mathfrak{gl}(V)$,
$$
K_{\mathfrak g\ltimes V}((x,v),(y,w))
=K_{\mathfrak g}(x,y)+\operatorname{tr}(\rho(x)\rho(y)).
$$
In particular, $V$ lies in the radical of the Killing form.

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