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Thanks, guys, it is beginning to make more sense now. CarlB, I was wondering how you chose three of the six diagonal gluons. Would there not also be \left(\begin{array}{ccc} -1&0&0\\0&+1&0\\0&0&0\end{array}\right) \left(\begin{array}{ccc} 0&0&0\\0&-1&0\\0&0&+1\end{array}\right) and...

I know that it is a common question to wonder why there are only 8 gluons, so I am sorry for bringing it up again. I have been reading a lot lately about SU(3) and Hermitian Matrices with trace 0, and basically everything seems to make sense, that is except for one item. Despite seeing logic...