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Infinite dimensional linear groups*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

D. G. Arrell
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Computing, Leeds Polytechnic
E. F. Robertson
Affiliation:
The Mathematical Institute, University of St Andrews

Synopsis

In this paper we show that some of Bass' results on the normal structure of the stable general linear group can be extended to infinite dimensional linear groups over non-commutative Noetherian rings.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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Footnotes

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This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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