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A Counterexample to Kurosh’s Division-Ring Problem

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We construct a countable division ring of characteristic zero that is algebraic over its center, generated by two elements as an algebra over that center, and infinite-dimensional over it. This gives a negative answer to the Kurosh problem for division rings.

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