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Symmetric and alternating powers of defining representation of classical groups

For the classical groups (including $U(n)$, $SO(n)$, and $Sp(2n)$), let V be defining representation (the natural inclusion of $G$ into $GL(n,C)$), when are $S^kV$ and $Λ^kV$ irreducible ?

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