Representations of Semisimple Lie Algebras
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This paper studies the representations of semisimple Lie algebras, with care given to the case of sln(C). We develop and utilize various tools, including the adjoint representation, the Killing form, root space decomposition, and the Weyl group to classify the irreducible representations of semisimple Lie algebras.
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