On weakly locally finite division rings (Q2000823)

It is first shown that (1) a division ring is weakly locally finite if and only if it is locally PI, and (2) there are no weakly locally finite division ring whose Gelfand-Kirillov dimension is non-integer. Then for each integer \(n\geq0\) or \(n=\infty\), a weakly locally finite division ring with Gelfand-Kirillov dimension \(n\) is constructed. In particular, this shows that there exist infinitely many weakly locally finite division rings that are not locally finite. The following results related to Kurosh problems and Herstein's conjectures are proved for the class of weakly locally finite division rings: Let \(D\) be a division ring with center \(F\). (1) \(D\) is locally finite if and only if \(D\) is weakly locally finite and algebraic. (2) If \(D\) is non-commutative algebraic, weakly locally finite, and \(N\) a subgroup of \(\text{GL}_{n}(D)\) containing \(F^{\ast}\), \(n\geq1\), then \(N\) is not finitely generated. (3) If \(N\) is a subnormal subgroup of \(D^{\ast}\) radical over \(F\), then \(N\) is contained in \(F\).