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Homology stability for symplectic groups

K-Theory and Homology 2012-01-06 v2

Abstract

In this paper the homology stability for symplectic groups over a ring with finite stable rank is established. First we develop a `nerve theorem' on the homotopy type of a poset in terms of a cover by subposets, where the cover is itself indexed by a poset. We use the nerve theorem to show that a poset of sequences of isotropic vectors is highly connected, as conjectured by Charney in the eighties.

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@article{arxiv.math/0110163,
  title  = {Homology stability for symplectic groups},
  author = {B. Mirzaii and W. van der Kallen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0110163},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

21 pages, LaTeX. Contents have been merged with arXiv:math/0111117 in final publication