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We begin with a study of representations of sl(2, R). For simplicity of notation, we will write sl(2) for sl(2, R). Recall Example 1.1.8 in Chapter I where we introduced a basis {h, e+, e-} for sl(2):
with the commutation relations:
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Howe, R., Tan, E.C. (1992). Representations of the Lie Algebra of SL(2, ℝ). In: Howe, R., Tan, E.C. (eds) Non-Abelian Harmonic Analysis. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9200-2_2
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