Homology of general linear groups over infinite fields


Abstract in English

For an infinite field $F$, we study the cokernel of the map of homology groups $H_{n+1}(mathrm{GL}_{n-1}(F),mathbb{k}) to H_{n+1}(mathrm{GL}_{n}(F),mathbb{k})$, where $mathbb{k}$ is a field such that $(n-2)!in mathbb{k}^times$, and the kernel of the natural map $H_{n}big(mathrm{GL}_{n-1}(F),mathbb{Z}big[frac{1}{(n-2)!} big] big) to H_{n}big(mathrm{GL}_{n}(F),mathbb{Z}big[frac{1}{(n-2)!} big]big)$. We give conjectural estimates of these cokernel and kernel and prove our conjectures for $nleq 4$.

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