Tensor cube of the defining unitary representation ($V^{\otimes 3}={\mathrm{Sym}}^{3}V\oplus {\Lambda }^{3}V\oplus V_{(2,1)}^{\oplus 2}$)

For the unitary group $U(n)$ with $n\ge 3$, the third tensor power of its defining representation decomposes as displayed. The first two summands have highest weights $(3,0,\dots )$ and $(1,1,1,0,\dots )$ and dimensions $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n+2}{3}\right)$ and $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n}{3}\right)$. The mixed summand has highest weight $(2,1,0,\dots )$ and dimension $n(n^2-1)/3$. In the three-dimensional weight space spanned by permutations of $e_1\otimes e_1\otimes e_2$, the vectors killed by all positive root vectors have coefficient sum zero, giving multiplicity two. For $n=2$, the exterior cube vanishes and $V_{(2,1)}=\det \otimes {\mathbb{C}}^2$.