Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-3080 ; Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109
Abstract:
The following dichotomy is established: A finitely generated, complex Dedekind domain that is not commutative is a simple ring. Weaker versions of this dichotomy are proved for Dedekind prime rings and hereditary noetherian prime rings.