Infinite dimensional general linear groups have finite width

A group is said to have finite width whenever it has finite width with respect to each inverse-closed generating set. Bergman showed [1] that infinite symmetric groups have finite width and asked whether the automorphism groups of several classical structures have finite width, mentioning in particular infinite dimensional general linear groups over fields. In this article we prove that infinite dimensional general linear groups over arbitrary division rings have finite width. We consider the problem of finite width for other infinite dimensional classical groups.