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For a module with finite-dimensional weight spaces, its formal character is $\mathrm{ch}V={\sum }_{\mu }(\dim V_{\mu })e^{\mu }$ in the completed group algebra of the weight lattice.

For $G={\mathbb{G}}_m$, write $k[G]=k[t,t^{-1}]$. Sincethe weight-space decomposition isas a $G\times G$-representation.

If $V={⨁}_r{V}_r$ is the weight decomposition of a finite-dimensional $G$-module, the matrix-coefficient argument again gives ${\mathrm{Hom}}_G(V,k[G])\cong V^{\ast }$. A map from $k[G]$ to $V$ is independently determined by the image in $V_r$ of the basis vector $t^r$; only finitely many $V_r$ are nonzero. Thusas vector spaces.

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The weights of $M_{\lambda }$ lie below $\lambda$ in the positive-root order, and every weight space is finite-dimensional. A nonzero submodule $V$ is stable under the Cartan subalgebra, so it is a direct sum of its weight spaces. Choose a maximal weight $\mu$ occurring in $V$. Every positive-root operator would raise its weight; maximality therefore makes it kill any nonzero $v\in V_{\mu }$. Thus $v$ is a singular vector.

The Casimir element is central and acts throughout $M_{\lambda }$ byThe same element acts on the highest-weight vector $v$ of weight $\mu$ byBoth are the action of one operator on the same module, so the scalars agree and

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Choose the Borel subalgebra $\mathfrak{b}=\mathfrak{t}\oplus {\mathfrak{n}}^{+}$ determined by the positive roots. Regard the one-dimensional space ${\mathbb{C}}_{\lambda }$ as a $\mathfrak{b}$-module on which ${\mathfrak{n}}^{+}$ acts by zero and $h\in \mathfrak{t}$ acts by $\lambda (h)$. The Verma module isThe Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt theorem identifies it as a vector space with $U({\mathfrak{n}}^{-})$ acting on a highest-weight vector $v_{\lambda }$.

For each positive root $\alpha$, arbitrary powers of a negative-root vector contribute the geometric series $1+e^{-\alpha }+e^{-2\alpha }+\cdots$. Consequently the formal character of a weight module isThis product is interpreted in the completion of the group algebra in the negative-root direction; the PBW basis proves that every coefficient is the correct finite weight space dimension.

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The multiplicity of a weight $\mu$ is the dimension of its weight space.

A weight of a representation is a functional $\mu$ whose weight space is nonzero.