Normal subgroups in the group of column-finite infinite matrices

Waldemar Hołubowski, Martyna Maciaszczyk, Sebastian Żurek

The classical result, due to Jordan, Burnside, Dickson, says that every normal subgroup of $GL(n,K)$ ($K$ - a field, $n\ge 3$) which is not contained in the center, contains $SL…