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A Morita Cancellation Problem

Part of: Rings and algebras with additional structure Chain conditions, growth conditions, and other forms of finiteness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2019

D.-M. Lu ,
Q.-S. Wu  and
J. J. Zhang
D.-M. Lu
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Email: dmlu@zju.edu.cn
Q.-S. Wu
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China Email: qswu@fudan.edu.cn
J. J. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Box 354350, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA Email: zhang@math.washington.edu
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Abstract

We study a Morita-equivalent version of the Zariski cancellation problem.

Keywords

Zariski cancellation problemMorita cancellation problem

MSC classification

Primary: 16P99: None of the above, but in this section
Secondary: 16W99: None of the above, but in this section
Type
Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 708 - 731
Copyright
© Canadian Mathematical Society 2019

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Footnotes

D.-M. Lu was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11671351). Q.-S. Wu was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11771085 and Key Project No. 11331006). J.J. Zhang was partially supported by the US National Science Foundation (Nos. DMS-1402863 and DMS-1700825).

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