Suslin's conjecture on universal vanishing of SK1\operatorname{SK}_1

Let FF be a field, let AA be a central simple FF-algebra, and for every extension L/FL/F write SK1(AFL)\operatorname{SK}_1(A\otimes_F L) for the reduced Whitehead group. Suslin's conjecture. If

SK1(AFL)=0\operatorname{SK}_1(A\otimes_F L)=0

for every extension L/FL/F, then the index of AA is square-free. Merkurjev proved the assertion whenever 44 divides the index, but the general conjecture remains open.

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Asher Auel, Eric Brussel, Skip Garibaldi and Uzi Vishne, “Open Problems on Central Simple Algebras”, arXiv:1006.3304 (2010).

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