Lie algebras and cohomology of congruence subgroups for SL_n(R).

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Abstract: Let R be a commutative ring that is free of rank k as an abelian group, p a prime, and SL(n,R) the special linear group. We show that the Lie algebra associated to the filtration of SL(n,R) by p-congruence subgroups is isomorphic to the tensor product , the Lie algebra of polynomials with zero constant term and coefficients nimesn traceless matrices with entries polynomials in k variables over Fp. We use the Lie algebra structure along with the Lyndon-Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence to compute the d2 homology differential for certain central extensions involving quotients of p-congruence subgroups. We also use the underlying group structure to obtain several homological results. For example, we compute the first homology group of the level p-congruence subgroup for ngeq3. We show that the cohomology groups of the level pr-congruence subgroup are not finitely generated for n=2 and . Finally, we show that for n=2 and , the Gaussian integers, the second cohomology group of the level pr-congruence subgroup has dimension at least two as an Fp-vector space.









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