%0 Journal Article %A Ara, Pere %A Goodearl, Ken %A O'Meara, Kevin C. %A Pardo Espino, Enrique %A Perera, Francesc %T Regular ring properties degraded through inverse limits %D 2025 %@ 1090-266X %U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36065 %X We give a number of constructions where inverse limits seriously degrade properties of regular rings, such as unit-regularity, diagonalisation of matrices, and finite stable rank. This raises the possibility of using inverse limits to answer the long standing Separativity Problem (in the negative). %K (Strong) separativity %K Exchange rings %K Inverse limit %K Refinement %K Regular rings %~ Universidad de Cádiz