Seminar series
Date
Tue, 26 Nov 2013
Time
17:00 -
18:00
Location
C5
Speaker
Gabor Elek
Organisation
University of Lancaster
One of the most classical questions of modern algebra is whether the group algebra of a torsion-free group can be embedded into a skew field. I will give a short survey about embeddability of group algebras into skew fields, matrix rings and, in general, continuous rings.