Reverse decomposition of unipotents over noncommutative rings. I: General linear groups

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2020.05.013MaRDI QIDQ2187395zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raimund Preusser

Publication date 2 June 2020

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03536

zbMATH Keywords

general linear groupsmatrix identitiesnoncommutative rings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrix equations and identities (15A24) Matrix Lie algebras (15B30) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes (20G35)

Abstract: Recently is has been proved that if $sigmainG{L}_n(R)$ where $R$ is an commutative ring and $ngeq3$, then each of the elementary transvections $t_{kl}(sigm{a}_{ij})(ieqj,keql)$ is a product of eight $E_n(R)$-conjugates of $sigma$ and $sigm{a}^{-1}$. In this article we show that similar results hold true if $R$ is a (noncommutative) von Neumann regular ring, or a Banach algebra, or a ring satisfying a stable range condition, or a ring with Euclidean algorithm, or an almost commutative ring.

Review text

A well-known result on the structure theory of general linear groups is named as sandwich classification theorem, which was proved by \textit{H. Bass} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 22, 489--544 (1964; Zbl 0248.18025)]. Thanks to the sandwich classification theorem, if \(R\) is a commutative ring, \(n \ge 3,\sigma\in \mbox{GL}_n(R), i \neq j \mbox{ and } k\neq l\), then the elementary transvection \(t_{kl}(\sigma_{ij})\) can be expressed as a finite product of \(E_n(R)\)-conjugates of \(\sigma\) and \(\sigma^{-1}\). However, for arbitrary commutative rings it seems difficult to determine a bound for the number of factors needed for such an expression of the elementary transvection \(t_{kl}(\sigma_{ij})\). The most recent breakthrough was made by the author in [J. Group Theory 21, No. 1, 21--44 (2018; bl 1418.20012); ibid 21, No. 4, 539--571 (2018; Zbl 1405.20043)]. In the above papers, the author found an explicit expression of \(t_{kl}(\sigma_{ij})\) as a product of 8 elementary conjugate of \(\sigma\) and \(\sigma^{-1}\) when \(R\) is a commutative ring. As a follow-up result, in this paper the author consider the noncommutative rings case, including von Neumann regular rings, Banach algebras, rings satisfying a stable range condition, rings with Euclidean algorithm, and almost commutative rings. Finally, the author also raises many open questions. The paper is well written, is easy to read, and contains many interesting results.

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