“…⊓ ⊔ 8.10 Restriction U (p, q) ↓ U (p − 1, q) and SO(n, 2) ↓ SO(n − 1, 2) Suppose (G, H) is a reductive symmetric pair whose complexification (g C , h C ) is one of the following types: (sl(n, C), gl(n − 1, C)) (or (gl(n, C), gl(1, C) + gl(n − 1, C))), (so(n, C), so(n − 1, C)). As is classically known (see [83]), for compact (G, H) such as (U (n), U (1) × U (n − 1)) or (SO(n), SO(n − 1)), any irreducible finite dimensional representation π of G is multiplicity-free when restricted to H. For non-compact (G, H) such as (U (p, q), U (1) × U (p − 1, q)) or (SO(n, 2), SO(n − 1, 2)), an analogous theorem still holds for highest weight representations π: Theorem 8. 10.…”