Lie Algebras & sl₂

Representation Theory Source: Killing, Cartan Cite
Primary: Élie Cartan, Hermann Weyl
Publication: Lie algebra representations
Year: 1894–1925
URL: Wikipedia

[x,y] bracket, Jacobi. sl₂ = {e,h,f}. Adjoint representation. Finite-dim irreducible sl₂-modules: highest weight λ, dim λ+1.

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