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Opposite Weyl boost generators (Ki(L)​=−iσi​/2,Ki(R)​=+iσi​/2)

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With Ki​=M0i​ and Mμν​=iγμν​/2 in the supplied mostly-minus index convention, the two Weyl spinor blocks have equal rotation generators Ji​=σi​/2 and opposite boost generators. A complex-linear intertwiner must commute with every SU(2) rotation and hence be scalar by the Schur lemma, but no nonzero scalar intertwines the opposite boosts. This proves inequivalence of the two complex representations; parity exchanges them.

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