Theory of Computing ------------------- Title : On the Elementary Construction of High-Dimensional Expanders by Kaufman and Oppenheim Authors : Prahladh Harsha and Ramprasad Saptharishi Volume : 20 Number : 5 Pages : 1-22 URL : https://theoryofcomputing.org/articles/v020a005 Abstract -------- At STOC 2018, Kaufman and Oppenheim presented an elementary construction of high-dimensional spectral expanders using elementary matrices. We give a short, self-contained elementary proof of the correctness of their construction. As a bonus, this also yields a simple construction and analysis of standard expanders of bounded degree.