Elementary, my dear Suslin

<strong>Mathematics Seminar of the School of Physical Sciences ---------------------------------------------------------</strong> Title: <strong>Elementary, my dear Suslin</strong> Speaker:<strong> Ravi Rao</strong> (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai) Date: <strong>July 25, 2016 </strong> <strong>Abstract: </strong>We recall the elementary matrices over a commutative rings, and play with them. We then study the classical elementary groups. The normality of these groups in the ambient groups was established by Suslin. We also discuss the elementary subgroups of some groups generated by the Suslin matrices. The talk with be elementary, of course, and accessible to young students.