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Some results on the reverse order law in rings with involution

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We investigate some necessary and sufficient conditions for the hybrid reverse order law \({(ab)^\# = b^{\dag} a^{\dag}}\) in rings with involution. Assuming that a and b are Moore–Penrose invertible, we present an equivalent condition for the product ab to be an EP element.

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Correspondence to Dragan S. Djordjević.

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The authors are supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Serbia, grant no. 174007.

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Mosić, D., Djordjević, D.S. Some results on the reverse order law in rings with involution. Aequat. Math. 83, 271–282 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-012-0125-2

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