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Centrality of $\mathrm K_2$-functor revisited

Group Theory 2020-12-23 v2 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We prove that St(n,A)\mathrm{St}(n, A) is a crossed module over GL(n,A)\mathrm{GL}(n, A) under a local stable rank condition on an algebra AA over a commutative ring. Our proof uses only elementary localization techniques in terms of pro-groups and stability results for K1\mathrm K_1 and K2\mathrm K_2. We also prove similar result for the Steinberg group associated with any sufficiently isotropic general linear group constructed by a quasi-finite algebra.

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@article{arxiv.2004.08551,
  title  = {Centrality of $\mathrm K_2$-functor revisited},
  author = {Egor Voronetsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.08551},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

I corrected the statement of proposition 3 and some minor misprints

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