Semilocal group rings in characteristic zero
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Abstract:
It is shown that if F is a field of characteristic zero and G is a group such that the group ring $F[G]$ is semilocal then G must be finite. A generalization to group rings over rings is given.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1976 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (1976), 8-10
- MSC: Primary 16A26
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0414617-8
- MathSciNet review: 0414617