Formalizing elementary generation and transport [connes-000W]

The formalization proves the equality used in Lemma [connes-0005] by determinant-preserving row operations and Euclidean descent on polynomial entries, culminating in Connes.SpecialLinear.elementarySubgroup_eq_top.

It then constructs Connes.PaperPropertyT.elementaryEquivSL3 and transports property (T) across the named multiplicative equivalence. The external premise therefore names the exact group in the cited theorem, while the paper-facing consumer works with \(\mathrm {SL}_3(R)\).

Rewriting subgroup equality into carrier equality would expose dependent coercions throughout Section 4. Keeping transport at one explicit equivalence also lets later finite-index and quotient arguments remain independent of the chosen presentation.