Prestability for quadratic \(K_1\) of \(\Lambda\)-1-fold stable rings (Q2425430)

\textit{P. Menal} and \textit{J. Moncasi} [``\(K_{1}\) of von Neumann regular rings'', J. Pure Appl. Algebra 33, 295--312 (1984; Zbl 0541.16021)] have shown that for any unital ring \(R\) with (Bass) stable range one, one has \(K_1(R)=GL_1(R)/W(R)\), where \(W(R)\) is the subgroup of \(GL_1(R)\) generated by all elements of the form \((a+c+abc)(a+c+cba)^{-1}\), where \(a,b,c\in R\) and \(a+c+abc\in GL_1(R)\). The authors obtain an analogous result for the general quadratic group \(U_{2n}(R)\) under the \(\Lambda\)-1-fold stable range condition on \(R\), where \(\Lambda\) is a form parameter on \(R\). Indeed the authors show that, under such condition, one has \(KU_1(R,\Lambda)=GL_1(R)/W(R)S_1\), where \(S_1\) is the subgroup generated by all elements of the form \((a+c+abc)u\) with \(a,c,\overline{b}\in \Lambda\) or \(\overline{a}, \overline{c},b\in \Lambda\), \(u\in GL_1(R)\cap \Lambda\) or \(\overline{u}\in GL_1(R)\cap \Lambda\), and \(a+c+abc\in GL_1(R)\).