Anticommuting Ring that only has left or right inverse?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the search for examples of rings that possess only one-sided inverses, specifically focusing on cases where the product of two elements equals one without implying the reverse product also equals one. The scope includes theoretical exploration of ring properties and examples from mathematical literature.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant requests an example of a ring with only left or right inverses, emphasizing that a*b=1 does not imply b*a=1.
  • Another participant suggests the Klein Four Ring as a potential example, although it is later clarified that this ring is an example of one with only one-sided unity.
  • A subsequent participant inquires about the existence of a ring with both 0 and 1 that meets the criteria.
  • A later reply introduces an example from the book "A First Course in Noncommutative Rings" by Tsit-Yuen Lam, describing a specific construction involving a vector space and endomorphisms that demonstrates a right-invertible element without being left-invertible.

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Participants do not reach a consensus on a specific example that meets all criteria, and multiple competing views and examples are presented throughout the discussion.

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There are limitations regarding the definitions of the rings discussed, and the examples provided may depend on specific conditions or interpretations of ring properties.

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Hi
as the title says i´m looking for an example of a ring witch has only one sided inverses e.g left or right sided ones -> a*b=1 does not imply b*a =1!

thanks for your advice :)
 
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Mr.Brown said:
Hi
as the title says i´m looking for an example of a ring witch has only one sided inverses e.g left or right sided ones -> a*b=1 does not imply b*a =1!

thanks for your advice :)
What about this http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/KleinFourRing.html"
 
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cool thanks :)
Do you know if there is also one with 0 and 1 ?
 
Mr.Brown said:
cool thanks :)
Do you know if there is also one with 0 and 1 ?
Sorry, my mistake. What I've posted is an example of ring with only one-sided unity :-(
I've tried UTFG, here's an example from the book Tsit-Yuen Lam: A First Course in Noncommutative Rings

Many rings satisfying some form of "finiteness conditions" can be shown to be Dedekind-finite, but there do exist non-Dedekind-finite rings. For instance, let V be the k-vector space [tex]ke_1\oplus ke_2\oplus\ldots[/tex] with a countably infinite basis [tex]\{e_i; i\ge1\}[/tex] over the field k, and let [tex]R=\textrm{End}_k V[/tex] be the k-algebra of all vector space endomorphisms of V. If [tex]a,b\in R[/tex] are defined on the basis by
[tex]$b(e_i)=e_{i+1}$[/tex] for all [tex]i\ge1[/tex] and
[tex]$a(e_1)=0, a(e_i)=e_{i-1}$[/tex] for all [tex]i\ge2[/tex],
the clearly [tex]ab=1\ne ba[/tex] so [tex]a[/tex] is right-invertible without being eft-invertible, and R gives an example of a non-Dedekind-finite ring.
 
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