Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 302 / 3 / f / Solution

For the trace trilinear form of a Lie algebra representation, the trace of a commutator vanishes:Taking $X=T_b$, $Y=T_a$, $Z=T_c$, $W=T_d$ and expanding each Lie bracket givesSince $f_a{}^{bc}$ is antisymmetric in $b,c$,Raising indices with the inverse Killing form gives $f_a{}^{bc}{f}_{bc}{}^e={\delta }_a{}^e$ in the stated normalization. Using $H(T_e,T_d)=-\mu {\delta }_{ed}$ proves

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