Free division rings of fractions of crossed products of groups with Conradian left-orders
AbstractLet D be a division ring of fractions of a crossed product {F[G,\eta,\alpha]}, where F is a skew field and G is a group with Conradian left-order {\leq}. For D we introduce the notion of freeness with respect to {\leq} and show that D is free in this sense if and only if D can canonically be embedded into the endomorphism ring of the right F-vector space {F((G))} of all formal power series in G over F with respect to {\leq}. From this we obtain that all division rings of fractions of {F[G,\eta,\alpha]} which are free with respect to at least one Conradian left-order of G are isomorphic and that they are free with respect to any Conradian left-order of G. Moreover, {F[G,\eta,\alpha]} possesses a division ring of fraction which is free in this sense if and only if the rational closure of {F[G,\eta,\alpha]} in the endomorphism ring of the corresponding right F-vector space {F((G))} is a skew field.