Decomposition of transvections: A theme with variations

DOI10.1023/A:1007853629389zbMath0944.20031MaRDI QIDQ1970563

Nikolai A. Vavilov, Alexei Stepanov

Publication date: 29 June 2000

Published in: \(K\)-Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

general linear groups; symplectic groups; elementary subgroups; orthogonal groups; unitary groups; centrality; Steinberg groups; transvections; net subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G15: Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth

20E15: Chains and lattices of subgroups, subnormal subgroups

18F25: Algebraic (K)-theory and (L)-theory (category-theoretic aspects)

20G35: Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes

19C99: Steinberg groups and (K_2)

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