 Principal sl2 subalgebra (source code)

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= Principal sl2 subalgebra
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A principal sl2 subalgebra of a semisimple <Lie algebra> has semisimple generator $h_{\mathrm{pr}}=2\rho^\vee$. Restriction to it packages a representation's weights into ordinary $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ weight strings.

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