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On zero-divisors in group rings of groups with torsion
Nontrivial pairs of zero-divisors in group rings are introduced and
discussed. A problem on the existence of nontrivial pairs of zero-divisors in
group rings of free Burnside groups of odd exponent is solved in the
affirmative. Nontrivial pairs of zero-divisors are also found in group rings of
free products of groups with torsion.Comment: 8 pages, to appear in Canadian Math. Bul
Non-amenable finitely presented torsion-by-cyclic groups
We construct a finitely presented non-amenable group without free non-cyclic
subgroups thus providing a finitely presented counterexample to von Neumann's
problem. Our group is an extension of a group of finite exponent n >> 1 by a
cyclic group, so it satisfies the identity [x,y]^n = 1