Stable finiteness of group rings in arbitrary characteristic

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 224-238

  Ara, Pere ^a   O'Meara, Kevin C ^b   Perera, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0037174519     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8708(02)92075-X     Document Type: Article

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