On the group ring of a free product with amalgamation

Abstract

Let G = A*HB be the free product of the groups A and B amalgamating the proper subgroup H and let Rbe a ring with 1. If His finite and G is not finitely generated we show that any non–zero ideal I of R(G) intersects non-trivially with the group ring R(M), where M = M(I) is a subgroup of G which is a free product amalgamating a finite normal subgroup. This result compares with A. I. Lichtman's results in [6] but is not a direct generalisation of these.