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A remark on matrix rings over free ideal rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. M. Cohn
P. M. Cohn
Affiliation:
University of Chicago and Queen Mary College, London University
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If R is any ring then the set of isomorphism types of finitely generated projective right R-modules may be made into a semigroup by defining

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , January 1966 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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