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For which rings R is SL_n(R) generated by its n-1 fundamental copies of SL_2(R)?

By "fundamental copies" of $SL_2(R)$ in $SL_n(R)$, I mean those embedded along the diagonal (for instance, if $n=3$, those are the upper left and lower right corner copies of $SL_2(R)$ embedded in $...
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