Von neumaivn regularity of sf-rings (Q5287579)

The authors study under what extra conditions a right (or left) SF-ring is (von Neumann) regular. They prove that a MERT ring \(R\) is regular if and only if \(R\) is right SF. They get equivalent characterizations of strongly regular rings. A ring \(R\) is strongly regular if and only if \(R\) is a left (or right) strongly bounded and right (or left) SF-ring. They construct a regular ring \(R\) such that \(R\) is a right \(V\)-ring, \(R\) is not a left \(V\)-ring and \(R\) is both an ELT and an ERT ring. This answers in the negative a question posed by Yue Chi Ming. The authors show by an example that the above characterization of strongly regular rings cannot be extended to the class of right (left) bounded rings. There is a couple of printing errors.