Defining relations of classical orthogonal groups over commutative local rings (Q1902834)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 822631
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Defining relations of classical orthogonal groups over commutative local rings
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 822631

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    Defining relations of classical orthogonal groups over commutative local rings (English)
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    3 January 1996
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    Assume that \(\Lambda\) is an arbitrary commutative local ring with unit. We denote by \(O(n,\Lambda)\) the classical orthogonal group over the ring \(\Lambda\) of degree \(n\), i.e., the subgroup of matrices \(a\) of the complete linear group \(GL(n,\Lambda)\), for which \(aa'=e\) holds (\('\) is transposition, \(e\) is the unit matrix). The main objective is the description of the orthogonal group \(O(n,\Lambda)\), \(n\geq 2\), in terms of generators and relations over a commutative local ring \(\Lambda\) with the condition \((\Lambda^*)^2+\Lambda^2\subseteq(\Lambda^*)^2\).
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    commutative local rings
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    orthogonal groups
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    linear groups
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    generators
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    relations
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