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Structure of Chevalley groups over rings via universal localization

Rings and Algebras 2015-11-24 v5

Abstract

In the current article we study structure of a Chevalley group G(R)G(R) over a commutative ring RR. We generalize and improve the following results: (1) standard, relative, and multi-relative commutator formulas; (2) nilpotent structure of [relative] K1K_1; (3) bounded word length of commutators. To this end we enlarge the elementary group, construct a generic element for the extended elementary group, and use localization in the universal ring. The key step is a construction of a generic element for a principle congruence subgroup, corresponding to a principle ideal.

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@article{arxiv.1303.6082,
  title  = {Structure of Chevalley groups over rings via universal localization},
  author = {Alexei Stepanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6082},
  year   = {2015}
}