Isomorphism of Hilbert modules over stably finite \(C^*\)-algebras (Q1028345)

\textit{K.\,T.\thinspace Coward}, \textit{G.\,A.\thinspace Elliott} and \textit{C.\,Ivanescu} [J.~Reine Angew.\ Math.\ 623, 161--193 (2008; Zbl 1161.46029)] proved that if a \(C^*\)-algebra \(A\) has stable rank one, then CEI (Coward--Elliott--Ivanescu) equivalence is the same as isomorphism. The result cannot however be extended to the stably finite case, in general. The authors of the present paper prove that CEI equivalence amounts to isomorphism when restricted to `compact' elements of the Cuntz semigroup, in the stably finite case.