Homology stability for the special linear group of a field and Milnor-Witt \(K\)-theory (Q612983)

Let \(F\) be a field of characteristic zero and let \(f_{t,n}\) be the stabilization homomorphism from the \(n\)th integral homology of \(\mathrm{SL}_t(F)\) to the \(n\)th integral homology of \(\mathrm{SL}_{t+1}(F)\). The authors obtain the following results. For all \(n, f_{t,n}\) is an isomorphism if \(t\geq n+1\) and is surjective for \(t=n\), confirming a conjecture of \textit{C.-H. Sah}. If \(t=n,\) then \(f_{n,n}\) is an isomorphism when \(n\) is odd and when \(n\) is even the kernel is isomorphic to the \((n+1)\)st power of the fundamental ideal of the Witt ring of \(F\). When \(n\) is even the cokernel of \(f_{n-1,n}\) is isomorphic to the \(n\)th Milnor-Witt \(K\)-theory group of \(F\). When \(n\) is odd, the cokernel of \(f_{n-1,n}\) is isomorphic to the square of the \(n\)th Milnor \(K\)-group of \(F\).