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Commutators in associative rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. P. Drazin
Affiliation:
Trinity CollegeCambridge
K. W. Gruenberg
Affiliation:
Trinity CollegeCambridge

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Let R be an arbitrary associative ring, and X a set of generators of R. The elements of X generate a Lie ring, [X], say, with respect to the addition and subtraction in R, and the multiplication [a, b] = abba. In this note we shall be concerned with the following question: if [X] is given to be nilpotent as a Lie ring, what does this imply about R?

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1953

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