Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4586549 Journal of Algebra 2011 16 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let A be a commutative noetherian ring of Krull dimension 3. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for A-projective modules of rank 2 to be free. Using this, we show that all the finitely generated projective modules over the algebraic real 3-sphere are free.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory