RT journal article T1 Regular ring properties degraded through inverse limits A1 Ara, Pere A1 Goodearl, Ken A1 O'Meara, Kevin C. A1 Pardo Espino, Enrique A1 Perera, Francesc A2 Matemáticas K1 (Strong) separativity K1 Exchange rings K1 Inverse limit K1 Refinement K1 Regular rings AB 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). PB Academic Press Inc. SN 1090-266X YR 2025 FD 2025 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36065 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36065 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 10-may-2026