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For the Adjoint representation, the root-space decomposition gives the eight nonzero weights
±2L1​,±2L2​,±L1​±L2​,
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each of multiplicity one, and weight zero of multiplicity two from the Cartan subalgebra. Thus its weight diagram is the root diagram with a double zero weight, and its total dimension is 8+2=10.
Figure 1.
Adjoint sp4 weights: the eight roots and the zero weight of multiplicity two
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