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A braid-like presentation of the integral Steinberg group of type $C_2$

Group Theory 2022-06-23 v2 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We show that the Steinberg group St(C2,Z)\text{St}(C_2,{\mathbb Z}) associated with the Lie type C2C_2 and with integer coefficients can be realized as a quotient of the braid group B6B_6 by one relation. As an application we give a new braid-like presentation of the symplectic modular group Sp4(Z)\text{Sp}_4({\mathbb Z}).

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@article{arxiv.2006.13574,
  title  = {A braid-like presentation of the integral Steinberg group of type $C_2$},
  author = {Christian Kassel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.13574},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages