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Left and right zero divisors in group algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

D. Handelman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
J. Lawrence
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Abstract

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We prove that most group algebras of free products have left zero divisors that are not right zero divisors.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1976

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