Normality theorem for elementary symplectic group with respect to an alternating form

Abstract

A.A. Suslin proved a normality theorem for an elementary linear group, which says that an elementary linear group of size bigger than or equal to 3 over a commutative ring with unity is normal in the general linear group of same size. Subsequently, V.I. Kopeiko extended this result of Suslin for a symplectic group defined with respect to the standard skew-symmetric matrix of even size. Here we generalise the result of Kopeiko for a symplectic group defined with respect to any invertible skew-symmetric matrix of even size of Pfaffian one.