Generation of special linear groups by transvections

DOI10.1016/0021-8693(86)90041-4zbMath0587.20030OpenAlexW2034236843MaRDI QIDQ1072653

Stephen P. Humphries

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(86)90041-4

zbMATH Keywords

special linear groupgenerating settransvections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05)

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