The third homology of $SL_{2}$ of real quadratically closed fields

Abstract

For a real closed field $\mathbf{R}$, we use the theory of the refined Bloch group to give a new short proof of the isomorphisms $H_{3}(SL_{2}(\mathbf{R}),\mathbb{Z})\cong K_{3}^{\mathrm{ind}}(\mathbf{R})$ and $H_{3}(SL_{n}(\mathbf{R}),\mathbb{Z})\cong H_{3}(SL_{2}(\mathbf{R}),\mathbb{Z})\oplus K_{3}^{M}(\mathbf{R})^{0}$ for $n\geq3$.