The division-ring embedding conjecture for torsion-free group algebras

Let GG be a torsion-free group and let K\mathbb{K} be a field. The division-ring embedding conjecture. The group algebra K[G]\mathbb{K}[G] embeds into a division ring.

This is a strengthening of Kaplansky's zero-divisor conjecture, which only asserts that K[G]\mathbb{K}[G] has no zero divisors. The source states that this strengthening is wide open; it is motivated by the fact that the Strong Atiyah Conjecture implies the zero-divisor conjecture for torsion-free groups.

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Primary source

Sam P. Fisher and Andrew Ng, “Outer automorphism groups and the Atiyah Conjecture”, arXiv:2606.19606 (2026).

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