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Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology

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Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN/ASIN: 052168160X
ISBN-13: 9780521681605
Number of pages: 323

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Noncommutative localization is a powerful algebraic technique for constructing new rings by inverting elements, matrices and more generally morphisms of modules. The applications to topology are via the noncommutative localizations of the fundamental group rings.

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