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On the commutativity of torsion free rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Evagelos Psomopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Abstract

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If R is (n(n−1)/2)-torsion free ring with 1 and satisfies the identity (xy)n = xnyn, then R is commutative provided that n = 4k.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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