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The dual action needs a minus sign

Statement

The dual action is $(x λ) (v) = λ (x v)$ , with no minus sign.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The proposed plus-sign formula on the algebraic dual of a representation.

[L1]

The valid dual formula has a minus sign (Direct-sum, dual, Hom, and tensor representations).

Refutation

technique · direct computation in the standard $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-module over a characteristic-zero field

1.1

Write $P_{x} (λ) = λ \circ ρ (x)$ for the proposed plus-sign operator. Then $[P_{x}, P_{y}] (λ) = λ \circ (ρ (y) ρ (x) - ρ (x) ρ (y)) = - P_{[x, y]} (λ)$ , so the proposed operators reverse rather than preserve the Lie bracket.

givenalgebra

2.1

In the standard two-dimensional ${s l}_{2}$ -module, $[e, f] = h$ and $P_{h} \neq 0$ . Hence $[P_{e}, P_{f}] = - P_{h} \neq P_{h}$ , since the field has characteristic zero. The plus formula is therefore not a representation; the two minus signs in the commutator of the formula in [L1] correct this reversal.

step 1.1L1algebra∎

Depends on

Direct-sum, dual, Hom, and tensor representations

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Sources

Etingof, MIT 18.745 notes, dual representations in §11.2, printed pp. 62–63 (standard reference, not scraped)
Kirillov, An Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, §4.2, printed pp. 50–52 (standard reference, not scraped)