Prestabilization for \(K_ 1\) of Banach algebras (Q1093738)

Let A be a ring and B an ideal of A satisfying the n stable range condition. It follows from earlier results of Bass and the first author that the natural map \(GL_ n(B)\to K_ 1(A,B)\) is onto. The purpose of this paper is to obtain some explicit descriptions of its kernel in various interesting cases including, for example, Banach algebras and others which extend to \(K_ 1(A,B)\) some previous results on \(K_ 1(A)\) due to P. Menal - J. Moncasi and M. Godefroid.