This theorem, already known for finitely generated projective modules[l, I, Proposition 6.1], has been recently proved for arbitrary projective modules over commutative semi-hereditary rings by I. Kaplansky [2], who raised the problem of extending it to the noncommutative case. We recall two results due to Kaplansky: Any projective module (over an arbitrary ring) is a direct sum of countably ge...

We relate the endomorphism rings of certain D-elliptic sheaves of finite characteristic to hereditary orders in central division algebras over function fields.