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Ring-theoretic properties of Iwasawa algebras: a survey

Rings and Algebras 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This is a survey of the known properties of Iwasawa algebras, which are completed group rings of compact p-adic analytic groups with coefficients the ring Zp of p-adic integers or the field Fp of p elements. A number of open questions are also stated.

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@article{arxiv.math/0511345,
  title  = {Ring-theoretic properties of Iwasawa algebras: a survey},
  author = {K. Ardakov and K. A. Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0511345},
  year   = {2007}
}

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27 pages, submitted to the John Coates volume of Documenta Mathematica