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Two-Dimensional Linear Groups Over Local Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Norbert H. J. Lacroix
Norbert H. J. Lacroix*
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Université Laval, Québec, Québec
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The problem of classifying the normal subgroups of the general linear group over a field was solved in the general case by Dieudonné (see 2 and 3). If we consider the problem over a ring, it is trivial to see that there will be more normal subgroups than in the field case. Klingenberg (4) has investigated the situation over a local ring and has shown that they are classified by certain congruence groups which are determined by the ideals in the ring.

Klingenberg's solution roughly goes as follows. To a given ideal , attach certain congruence groups and . Next, assign a certain ideal (called the order) to a given subgroup G. The main result states that if G is normal with order a, then ≧ G ≧ , that is, G satisfies the so-called ladder relation at ; conversely, if G satisfies the ladder relation at , then G is normal and has order .

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 21 , 1969 , pp. 106 - 135
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1969

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