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Linear algebra and algebraic K-theory. (English) Zbl 0669.15001

Classical groups and related topics, Proc. Conf., Beijing/China 1987, Contemp. Math. 82, 191-198 (1989).
[For the entire collection see Zbl 0658.00005.]
The author gives an informal introduction for non-experts to the functor \(K_ 1\), based on the study of linear equations over arbitrary rings.
Reviewer: M.Kolster

MSC:

15A06 Linear equations (linear algebraic aspects)
18F25 Algebraic \(K\)-theory and \(L\)-theory (category-theoretic aspects)
20G99 Linear algebraic groups and related topics

Citations:

Zbl 0658.00005