2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpaa.2014.12.021
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Another presentation for symplectic Steinberg groups

Abstract: We solve a classical problem of centrality of symplectic K 2 , namely we show that for an arbitrary commutative ring R, l ≥ 3, the symplectic Steinberg group StSp(2l, R) as an extension of the elementary symplectic group Ep(2l, R) is a central extension. This allows to conclude that the explicit definition of symplectic K 2 Sp(2l, R) as a kernel of the above extension, i.e. as a group of non-elementary relations among symplectic transvections, coincides with the usual implicit definition via plus-construction.… Show more

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“…x −2ε i ) is the generator corresponding to the long root 2ε i (resp. to −2ε i ); this generator is independent of i and central (see Lemma 2.1 below; see also [14]).…”
Section: The Steinberg Group St(c N Z)mentioning
confidence: 97%
“…x −2ε i ) is the generator corresponding to the long root 2ε i (resp. to −2ε i ); this generator is independent of i and central (see Lemma 2.1 below; see also [14]).…”
Section: The Steinberg Group St(c N Z)mentioning
confidence: 97%
“…To define the elementary symplectic group Ep 2n (R) instead of T ij (a) one can use "basis-independent" ESD-transformations T (u, v, a) defined by w → w + u( v, w + a u, w ) + v u, w as a set of generators. Here u, v ∈ R 2n , u, v = 0, a ∈ R. See section 1 of [6] for details. On the level of Steinberg groups, this idea leads to the following presentation, inspired by van der Kallen's paper [3].…”
Section: Absolute Steinberg Groupsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The paper is organised as follows. In the first section we recall results of [6], where a "basis-free" presentation of the symplectic Steinberg group id given. We make an essential use of these results in the Section 4.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first ingredient is the so-called centrality of the non-stable K 2 -functor associated to G over a local ring. For Chevalley-Demazure groups over local rings, the corresponding result is due to M. R. Stein [Stein,Theorem 2.13]; for groups of rank ≥ 3 of simply laced or symplectic type it is even known over general commutative rings [vK77,La15,LaSi17]. V. Deodhar defined Steinberg groups for isotropic reductive groups over fields in terms of a minimal parabolic subgroup of G, and established the centrality of the corresponding non-stable K 2 -functors [Deo,Prop.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%