A ring R is called orthogonal if for any two idempotents e and f in R, the condition that e and f are orthogonal in R implies the condition that [eR] and [fR] are orthogonal in K0(R)+, i.e., [eR]∧[fR] = 0. In this pa...A ring R is called orthogonal if for any two idempotents e and f in R, the condition that e and f are orthogonal in R implies the condition that [eR] and [fR] are orthogonal in K0(R)+, i.e., [eR]∧[fR] = 0. In this paper, we shall prove that the K0-group of every orthogonal, IBN2 exchange ring is always torsion-free, which generalizes the main result in [3].展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 10571080） the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province （No. 0611042） the Science and Technology Projiet Foundation of Jiangxi Province （No. G[20061194） and the Doctor Foundation of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology.
文摘A ring R is called orthogonal if for any two idempotents e and f in R, the condition that e and f are orthogonal in R implies the condition that [eR] and [fR] are orthogonal in K0(R)+, i.e., [eR]∧[fR] = 0. In this paper, we shall prove that the K0-group of every orthogonal, IBN2 exchange ring is always torsion-free, which generalizes the main result in [3].
