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Finitely generated projective modules over exchange rings

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This paper studies finitely generated projective modules over exchange rings. We prove that cancellation holds inp(R), andK o (R) is completely determined by the continuous maps from the spectrum ofR toZ ifR is an exchange ring andR/J(R) is a ring with central idempotent elements.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, P.R. China

    Tongsuo Wu & Wenting Tong

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Wu, T., Tong, W. Finitely generated projective modules over exchange rings. Manuscripta Math 86, 149–157 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567984

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