Multiple commutator formulas

Roozbeh Hazrat*, Zuhong Zhang

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Abstract

Let A be a quasi-finite R-algebra (i.e., a direct limit of module finite algebras) with identity. Let I i, i = 0,...,m, be two-sided ideals of A, GLn(A, I i) be the principal congruence subgroup of level I i in GLn(A) and E n(A, I i) be the relative elementary subgroup of level I i. We prove the multiple commutator formula [En(A, I0), GLn(A, I1), GLn(A, I2), ... , GLn(A, Im)] = [En(A, I0), En(A, I1), En(A, I2), ... , En(A, Im)], which is a broad generalization of the standard commutator formulas. This result contains all the published results on commutator formulas over commutative rings and answers a problem posed by A. Stepanov and N. Vavilov.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-505
Number of pages25
JournalIsrael Journal of Mathematics
Volume195
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

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