SL_n(F) equals its own derived group.

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Authors Jorge Maciel

Publication date 2 April 2009

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zbMATH Keywords

central extensionsprojective special linear groupsgeneral linear groupscommutator groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Commutator calculus (20F12) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

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