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Reduced Whitehead groups of prime exponent algebras over p-adic curves

Rings and Algebras 2018-08-29 v1 Algebraic Geometry Number Theory

Abstract

Let F be the function field of a curve over a p-adic field. Let D/F be a central division algebra of prime exponent \ell which is different from p. Assume that F contains a primitive 2{\ell}^2-th root of unity. Then the group SK1(D):=SL1(D)/[D,D]SK_1(D):=SL_1(D)/[D^*, D^*] is trivial.

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@article{arxiv.1808.09021,
  title  = {Reduced Whitehead groups of prime exponent algebras over p-adic curves},
  author = {Nivedita Bhaskhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.09021},
  year   = {2018}
}