Elementary generation in Hardy algebras of the polydisc and ball

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Let dd be a positive integer. For an open set UCdU\subseteq\mathbb{C}^d, let H(U)H^\infty(U) be the Banach algebra of bounded holomorphic complex-valued functions on UU. Let Dd\mathbb{D}^d be the polydisc and let

Bd:={(z1,,zd)Cd:z12++zd2<1}\mathbb{B}_d:=\{(z_1,\ldots,z_d)\in\mathbb{C}^d:|z_1|^2+\cdots+|z_d|^2<1\}

be the open unit ball. Let SLn(H(U))SL_n(H^\infty(U)) denote the determinant-one matrices over this algebra, and let En(H(U))E_n(H^\infty(U)) be the subgroup generated by elementary matrices.

Hardy-algebra elementary-generation conjecture.

SLn(H(U))=En(H(U))SL_n(H^\infty(U))=E_n(H^\infty(U))

if UU is the polydisc Dd\mathbb{D}^d or the open unit ball Bd\mathbb{B}_d.

This is posed as the analogous question for Hardy algebras after proving elementary generation for the disc, ball, and Wiener algebras. The supplied text gives no evidence that this Hardy-algebra claim has been resolved.

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Amol Sasane, “Factorization in SL_n(R) with elementary matrices when R is the disk algebra and the Wiener algebra”, arXiv:1405.5006 (2014).

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