Sandwich classification for O2n+1(R) and U2n+1(R,Δ) revisited

In a recent paper, the author proved that if {n\geq 3} is a natural number, R a commutative ring and {\sigma\in GL_{n}(R)}, then {t_{kl}(\sigma_{ij})} where {i\neq j} and {k\neq l} can be expressed as a product of 8 matrices of the form {{}^{\varepsilon}\sigma^{\pm 1}} where {\varepsilon\in E_{n}(R)}. In this article we prove similar results for the odd-dimensional orthogonal groups {O_{2n+1}(R)} and the odd-dimensional unitary groups {U_{2n+1}(R,\Delta)} under the assumption that R is commutative and {n\geq 3}. This yields new, short proofs of the Sandwich Classification Theorems for the groups {O_{2n+1}(R)} and {U_{2n+1}(R,\Delta)}.