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# Generalized Commutator Formulas

(Impact Factor: 0.39). 04/2011; 39(4):1441-1454. DOI: 10.1080/00927871003738964

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Let A be an algebra which is a direct limit of module finite algebras over a commutative ring R with 1. Let I, J be two-sided ideals of A, GL n (A, I) the principal congruence subgroup of level I in GL n (A), and E n (A, I) the relative elementary subgroup of level I. Using Bak's localization-patching method, we prove the commutator formula which is a generalization of the standard commutator formular. This answers a problem posed by Stepanov and Vavilov.

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• "This was done by L. Vaserstein in [37]. Relative commutator formula was obtained by different methods in [39] [40] [17] [15]. Relative multi-commutator formula for G = GL n was recently proved by R. Hazrat and Zhang Zuhong in [18]. "
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• "In fact, localisation methods used in the proof of these results have many further applications, both actual and potential: relative commutator formulas, multiple commutator formulas, nilpotency of K 1 , description of subnormal subgroups, description of various classes of overgroups, connection with excision kernels, etc. We refer to our surveys [36] [31] [32] and to our papers [29] [35] [7] [40] [37] [38] [41] [76] [39] [33] [34] for these and further applications and many further related references. "
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