SL_n(F[x]) is not boundedly generated by elementary matrices: explicit proof

DOI10.13001/1081-3810.1129zbMath1073.20026OpenAlexW2145895686MaRDI QIDQ4656564

Igor V. Erovenko

Publication date: 11 March 2005

Published in: The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/125162

zbMATH Keywords

polynomial matriceselementary matricesword lengthssets of generators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes (20G35)

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