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Idempotents in Noetherian Group Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Edward Formanek
Edward Formanek*
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottaway Ontario
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If G is a torsion–free group and F is a field, is the group ring F[G] a ring without zero divisors? This is true if G is an ordered group or various generalizations thereof - beyond this the question remains untouched. This paper proves a related result.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1973 , pp. 366 - 369
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

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