Elementary covering numbers in odd-dimensional unitary groups

Abstract: Let

(K, D e l t a)

be a Hermitian form field and

n g e q 3

. We prove that if

s i g m a i n U_{2 n + 1} (K, D e l t a)

is a unitary matrix of level

(K, D e l t a)

, then any short root transvection

T_{i j} (x)

is a product of

4

elementary unitary conjugates of

s i g m a

and

s i g m a^{- 1}

. Moreover, the bound

4

is sharp. We also show that any extra short root transvection

T_{i} (x, y)

is a product of

12

elementary unitary conjugates of

s i g m a

and

s i g m a^{- 1}

. If the level of

s i g m a

is

(0, K i m e s 0)

, then any

(0, K i m e s 0)

-elementary extra short root transvection

T_{i} (x, 0)

is a product of

2

elementary unitary conjugates of

s i g m a

and

s i g m a^{- 1}

.

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