Let S be a cancellative monoid with quotient group of torsion-free rank a. We show that the monoid ring R[S] is a Hilbert ring if and only if the polynomial ring R[{ X, },s/] is a Hilbert ring, where |/| = a. Assume that R is a commutative unitary ring and G is an abelian group. The first research problem listed in [K, Chapter 7] is that of determining equivalent conditions in order that the gr...