Abstract
In this note, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a real irreducible representation of a real simple Lie algebra to admit an invariant bilinear form. We also determine when the invariant bilinear form is symmetric or skew-symmetric.
*This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19901015) and the National Postdoctoral Foundation of China
*This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19901015) and the National Postdoctoral Foundation of China
Notes
*This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19901015) and the National Postdoctoral Foundation of China