Conjugate Representations

Are there any general results on when conjugate representations of a real Lie algebra are equivalent? I'm inclined to say that they are often not, but this is merely going on my case by case experience.

In particular if we know that the fundamental and antifundamental representations of the Lie algebra are inequivalent, can we deduce that all conjugate representations are? I feel that this should be possible, but can't get started with a proof.

Has anyone got either (a) some hints to get me started or (b) a good reference which might be able guide me through such a problem?

I genuinely don't know at present whether this is trivial or difficult, so any advice would be much appreciated.

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What exactly do you mean by conjugate representation? –  Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Feb 21 '13 at 23:01
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez: see Wikipedia - Complex Conjugate Representation. Or more intuitively if we have a matrix representation define the conjugate representation of $d$ by $d^*(X)=d(X)^*$. –  Edward Hughes Feb 21 '13 at 23:04
@EdwardHughes I'm sorry, but this question is not really suited for a question and answers format. You're basically saying "What do you know about...?". I agree that this is a very interesting subject area but this type of question is not specific enough and is too long. Ask a specific question with a specific answer. Sorry to be such a drag. –  Fly by Night Feb 21 '13 at 23:10
@FlybyNight - I've asked a specific question in the second paragraph above! Okay perhaps the first question is a little open ended, but I wanted to give some context. I don't believe that math.stackexchange has to only include questions that have a single, definite one-line answer. Otherwise there's no point in having a reference-request tag. –  Edward Hughes Feb 21 '13 at 23:17
You are talking about complex representations of real Lie algebras? –  Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Feb 21 '13 at 23:24

Any hermitian inner product on a complex vector space $V$ gives an isomorphism between $\bar V$ and $V^*$. Furthermore, if $V$ has a hermitian inner product that is preserved by the representation of the Lie group/algebra, then this gives an isomorphism of representations between $\bar V$ and $V^*$. Thus in such cases you are asking about representations being self-dual (which is equivalent to the representation having an invariant bilinear form).
You can determine if a representation of a semi-simple Lie algebra is self-dual by using weights. If $\mu$ is the highest weight of $V$ then the highest weight of $V^*$ is $-\omega_0 V$, where $\omega_0$ is the unique element of the Weyl group mapping the positive Weyl chamber to its negative. The element $\omega_0$ is $-1$ for the groups $SU(2)$, $SO(2n+1)$, $Sp(n)$, and $SO(4n)$. So for all of these groups $V \simeq V^* (\simeq \bar V)$. A reference for this is section 6.4 (and it's exercises) of Sepanski's Compact Lie groups.