Regular symmetric algebras (Q1101516)

Let R be a commutative (coherent or Noetherian) regular ring (regular means that every finitely general ideal of R has finite projective dimension) and let S be an R-algebra. The question dealt with in this paper is under what conditions will S be a coherent regular ring. Special attention is paid to: symmetric algebras of flat modules, polynomial rings and group rings of abelian groups.