Rings of almost unit stable rank 1

Abstract

We introduce the notion of a ring of almost unit stable rank 1 as generalization of a ring of unit stable rank 1. We prove that the ring of almost unit stable rank 1 with the nonzero Jacobson radical is a ring of unit stable rank 1 and is also a 2-good ring. We introduce the notion of an almost 2-good ring. We show that an adequate domain is an almost 2-good ring.