B2.6

Representation Theory | Part II, 2003

Let VnV_{n} be the space of homogeneous polynomials of degree nn in two variables z1z_{1} and z2z_{2}. Define a left action of G=SU2G=S U_{2} on the space of polynomials by setting

(gP)z=P(zg),(g P) z=P(z g),

where PC[z1,z2],g=(abcd),z=(z1,z2)P \in \mathbb{C}\left[z_{1}, z_{2}\right], \quad g=\left(\begin{array}{cc}a & b \\ c & d\end{array}\right), \quad z=\left(z_{1}, z_{2}\right) \quad and zg=(az1+cz2,bz1+dz2)\quad z g=\left(a z_{1}+c z_{2}, b z_{1}+d z_{2}\right).

Show that

(a) the representations VnV_{n} are irreducible,

(b) the representations VnV_{n} exhaust the irreducible representations of SU2S U_{2}, and

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