A note on generalized derivations of prime rings
A note on generalized derivations of prime rings
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关于素环广义导数的注记
DOI:
10.3336/gm.40.1.05
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
0.4
通讯作者:
Ivica Gusić
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作者:
Ivica Gusić
We show that a generalized derivation on a prime ring, that acts as a homomorphism or an anti-homomorphism on a non-zero ideal in the ring, is the zero map or the identity map. Let R be an associative ring, let d be a derivation on R (i.e. an additive function on R satisfying d(xy) = d(x)y + xd(y) for all x, y ∈ R) and let F : R → R be a generalized derivation associated to d (i.e. an additive function satisfying F (xy) = F (x)y + xd(y) for all x, y ∈ R). We say that R is prime if the relation aRb = 0 implies that a = 0 or b = 0, for all a, b ∈ R. Note that if R is a prime ring and I is a non-zero ideal of R, then the relation aIb = 0 implies that a = 0 or b = 0, for all a, b ∈ R In [R, Theorem 1.2] the following statement is stated. Assume that R is 2-torsion free and prime. (i) If d 6= 0 and F acts as a homomorphism on a non-zero ideal I in R then R is commutative. (ii) If d 6= 0 and F acts as an anti-homomorphism on a non-zero ideal I in R then R is commutative. It seems that the assumptions in this statement are contradictory. Also, despite an ingenious argument the conclusion is incomplete. Using a similar argument we prove the following: Theorem 1. Let R be an associative prime ring, let d be any function on R (not necessary a derivation nor an additive function), let F be any function on R (not necessarily additive) satisfying F (xy) = F (x)y+xd(y) for all x, y ∈ R, and let I be a non-zero ideal in R. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 16W25.