Normality of Vaserstein group

Abstract

A.A. Suslin proved a normality theorem for an elementary linear group and V.I. Kopeiko extended this result of Suslin for a symplectic group defined with respect to the standard skew-symmetric matrix of even size. We generalized the result of Kopeiko for a symplectic group defined with respect to any invertible skew-symmetric matrix of Pfaffian one. Vaserstein group is an extension of a symplectic group defined with respect to any invertible skew-symmetric matrix of Pfaffian one in the set up of projective modules. Here we prove a normality theorem for Vaserstein group.