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The stable rank of $\mathbb{Z}[x]$ is $3$

Commutative Algebra 2025-02-11 v4

Abstract

Grunewald, Mennicke and Vaserstein proved that the Bass stable rank of Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x], the ring of the univariate polynomials over Z\mathbb{Z}, is 33. This note addresses minor errors found in their proof. Using their method, we show in addition that the unimodular row (3,x+1,x2+16)(3, x + 1, x^2 + 16) is not stable.

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@article{arxiv.2111.02965,
  title  = {The stable rank of $\mathbb{Z}[x]$ is $3$},
  author = {Luc Guyot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.02965},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages, no figure. Published in Math. Exp