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Weak dimensions and Gorenstein weak dimensions of group rings

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Let K be a field, and let G be a group. In the present paper, we investigate when the group ring K[G] has finite weak dimension and finite Gorenstein weak dimension. We give some analogous versions of Serre’s theorem for the weak dimension and the Gorenstein weak dimension.

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Correspondence to Yueming Xiang.

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The work is supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department (18C0997).

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Xiang, Y. Weak dimensions and Gorenstein weak dimensions of group rings. Czech Math J 71, 803–816 (2021). https://doi.org/10.21136/CMJ.2021.0102-20

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