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Non-commutative rings and algebras, non-associative algebras, universal algebra and lattice theory, linear algebra, semigroups. For questions specific to commutative algebra (that is, rings that are assumed both associative and commutative), rather use the tag ac.commutative-algebra.

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What is the current status of the Kaplansky zero-divisor conjecture for group rings?

Let $K$ be a field and $G$ a group. The so called zero-divisor conjecture for group rings asserts that the group ring $K[G]$ is a domain if and only if $G$ is a torsion-free group. A couple of good r …
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Definition of a Grothendieck ring

Let $\mathrm{Var}_k$ denote the category of varieties over a field $k$. Then $K_0(\mathrm{Var}_k)$ is the free abelian group generated by symbols $[X]$ for $X\in \mathrm{Var}_k$, subject to the relati …
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Simple Ore extensions

Let $R[x;\sigma,\delta]$ be an Ore extension, where $R$ is an associative and unital ring and $\sigma : R\to R$ is a (not necessarily injective!) ring endomorphism. (In the literature it is often assu …
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Non-singular rings which are Rickart

A ring $R$ is said to be a right Rickart ring if the right annihilator of any element in $R$ is of the form $eR$ for some idempotent $e \in R$. It turns out that a ring $R$ is right Rickart iff every …
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Proof a Weyl Algebra isn't isomorphic to a matrix ring over a division ring

This is not an answer to the original question. However, it is related and I think that it is worth mentioning. Assuming that ring morphisms take identity elements to identity elements, we can show t …
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Non-simple and non-unital rings with trivial centres

Let $R$ be an associative and non-unital ring. (Suppose that $R$ is $s$-unital, i.e. for each $x\in R$ there is $u,v\in R$ such that $ux=xv=x$.) It is not difficult to show that if $R$ is a simple ri …
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