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Stably free cancellation for abelian group rings

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We show that if Γ is a finitely generated abelian group, then every stably free module over Z[Γ] is free.

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    F. E. A. Johnson

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Johnson, F.E.A. Stably free cancellation for abelian group rings. Arch. Math. 102, 7–10 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-013-0599-8

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