Equation 12.130 on Zwiebach Page 225: Is an Alpha Missing?

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Homework Statement


Shouldn't there be an

[tex]\alpha_{-1}\alpha_{1}[/tex]

added to equation 12.130 on account of equation 12.129, or is that 0 for some reason?

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If you work out the sum of the commutators of the terms in parentheses in equations (12.125) and (12.126), and use equation (12.128), you will find it deficient from [itex]4L_0[/itex] by exactly [itex]\alpha_{-1}\alpha_1[/itex].