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Casimir Operator


The Casimir operator on a representation R of a Lie algebra is given by

 Gamma=sum_(i=1)^me_i^Ru^(iR)

See also

Lie Algebra

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References

Jacobson, N. Lie Algebras. New York: Dover, p. 78, 1979.

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Casimir Operator

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Casimir Operator." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CasimirOperator.html

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