Representations of the exceptional and other Lie algebras with integral eigenvalues of the Casimir operator

dc.creatorMacfarlane, A. J.
dc.creatorPfeiffer, Hendryk
dc.date2002-08-08
dc.date2003-01-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:56:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:56:14Z
dc.descriptionThe uniformity, for the family of exceptional Lie algebras g, of the decompositions of the powers of their adjoint representations is well-known now for powers up to the fourth. The paper describes an extension of this uniformity for the totally antisymmetrised n-th powers up to n=9, identifying (see Tables 3 and 6) families of representations with integer eigenvalues 5,...,9 for the quadratic Casimir operator, in each case providing a formula (see eq. (11) to (15)) for the dimensions of the representations in the family as a function of D=dim g. This generalises previous results for powers j and Casimir eigenvalues j, j<=4. Many intriguing, perhaps puzzling, features of the dimension formulas are discussed and the possibility that they may be valid for a wider class of not necessarily simple Lie algebras is considered.
dc.description16 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, 9 tables; v2: presentation improved, typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0208014
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0208014
dc.identifierJ. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 (2003) 2305-2317
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0305-4470/36/9/308
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127236
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subject17B10 (Primary), 17B25 (Secondary)
dc.titleRepresentations of the exceptional and other Lie algebras with integral eigenvalues of the Casimir operator
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