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Direct finiteness of certain monoid algebras II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

W. D. Munn
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland
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Abstract

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Let S be a nontrivial monoid with zero and let F be a field. A sufficient condition, on the 0-simple principal factors of S and the characteristic of F, is given for the contracted monoid algebra of S over F to be directly finite.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1996

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