arXiv · 2608.17488
Nilpotency of locally isotropic $ \mathrm{K}_1 $-functor
Abstract
We show that the $ \mathrm{K}_1 $-functor modeled on locally isotropic reductive groups is hypoabelian if the base ring has finite Bass--Serre dimension and, for the Tits index $ \mathsf{E}_{8, 2}^{78} $, contains a field. For classical or globally isotropic reductive groups schemes $ \mathrm{K}_1 $ is actually solvable. This implies that the elementary subgroup (or its derived subgroup) is the maximal perfect subgroup of the reductive group.
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Egor Voronetsky. 2026-08-18. Nilpotency of locally isotropic $ \mathrm{K}_1 $-functor. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.17488
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