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Do you mean, are the generators of the group represented by symmetric matrices? If so, then no. The generators obey [math]T_a^\dagger=T_a[/math] so you need to transpose and take the complex conjugate. Orthogonal group generators are symmetric because the relation is [math]T_a^T=T_a[/math].

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Do you mean, are the generators of the group represented by symmetric matrices? If so, then no. The generators obey [math]T_a^\dagger=T_a[/math] so you need to transpose and take the complex conjugate. Orthogonal group generators are symmetric because the relation is [math]T_a^T=T_a[/math].

Uh. Orthogonal group generators are antisymmetric.

=Uncool-

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