The isomorphic question for division rings of group rings

The isomorphic question for division rings of group rings
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by D. R. Farkas, A. H. Schofield, R. L. Snider and J. T. Stafford PDF

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 85 (1982), 327-330 Request permission

The division ring of fractions of the group ring of a torsion free finitely generated nilpotent group determines the group up to isomorphism.

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