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so5 Lie algebra (so5​)

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The Lie algebra so5​ has dimension ten and root system B2​.
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SO5 to SO4 branching (SO(5)↓SO(4))

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so5 Lie algebra
Under the standard block-diagonal subgroup, the vector and adjoint representations branch as
5→4⊕1,10→6⊕4.
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Using so4​≅su2​⊕su2​, these are (21​,21​)⊕(0,0) and (1,0)⊕(0,1)⊕(21​,21​).

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