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= Solution

The <Killing form> is $\kappa(X,Y)=\operatorname{Tr}(\operatorname{ad}_X\operatorname{ad}_Y)$. From part (a),
$$
\begin{aligned}
\kappa([X,Y],Z)
&=\operatorname{Tr}([\operatorname{ad}_X,\operatorname{ad}_Y]\operatorname{ad}_Z)\\
&=\operatorname{Tr}(\operatorname{ad}_X[\operatorname{ad}_Y,\operatorname{ad}_Z])\\
&=\kappa(X,[Y,Z]),
\end{aligned}
$$
where the middle equality uses cyclicity of the <trace>.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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