On the general linear group and Hochschild homology (Q1059150)

Let GL(A) be the infinite general linear group of a ring A and let B be an \(A\otimes {\mathbb{Q}}\)-bimodule. It is shown that the homology of GL(A) with coefficients the infinite matrices over B is the graded tensor product of the homology of GL(A) with trivial coefficients and the Hochschild homology of \(A\otimes {\mathbb{Q}}\) with coefficients B. The result has applications to stable K-theory and to the algebraic K-theory of simplicial rings. Previous proofs of special cases have used algebraic geometry; this proof uses Lie algebras instead.