Embedding group algebras into finite von Neumann regular rings

zbMATH Open1159.16019arXiv0708.2243MaRDI QIDQ3530271FDOQ3530271

Peter A. Linnell

Publication date: 20 October 2008

Abstract: Let G be a group and let K be a field of characteristic zero. We shall prove that KG can be embedded into a von Neumann unit-regular ring. In the course of the proof, we shall obtain a result relevant to the Atiyah conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2243

zbMATH Keywords

von Neumann regular ringsgroup algebrasultrafiltersunit-regular ringsgroup von Neumann algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

von Neumann regular rings and generalizations (associative algebraic aspects) (16E50) Group rings (16S34) Group rings of infinite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C07)

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