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Lifting units modulo exchange ideals and C*-algebras with real rank zero

Francesc Perera

math.RAarXiv:math/9906181

Abstract

Given a unital ring R and a two-sided ideal I of R, we consider the question of determining when a unit of R/I can be lifted to a unit of R. For the wide class of separative exchange ideals I, we show that the only obstruction to lifting invertibles relies on a K-theoretic condition on I. This allows to extend previously known index theories to this context. Using this we can draw consequences for von Neumann regular rings and C*-algebras with real rank zero.

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