On left Jordan derivations of rings and Banach algebras
On left Jordan derivations of rings and Banach algebras
复制标题
DOI:
10.1007/s00010-007-2872-z
复制
发表时间:
2008-06
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
J. Vukman
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
J. Vukman
It is well known that there are no nonzero linear derivations on complex commutative semisimple Banach algebras. In this paper we prove the following extension of this result. LetAbe a complex semisimple Banach algebra and letD:A→Abe a linear mapping satisfying the relationD(x2) = 2xD(x) for allx∈R. In this caseD= 0.Throughout,Rwill represent an associative ring with centerZ(R). A ringRisn-torsion free, wheren> 1 is an integer, ifnx= 0,x∈Rimpliesx= 0. As usual the commutatorxy−yxwill be denoted by [x,y]. We shall use the commutator identities [xy,z] = [x,z]y+x[y,z] and [x,yz] = [x,y]z+y[x,z] for allx,y,z∈R. Recall that a ringRis prime if fora,b∈R,aRb= (0) implies that eithera= 0 orb= 0, and is semiprime in caseaRa= (0) implies thata= 0. An additive mappingDis called a derivation ifD(xy) =D(x)y+xD(y) holds for all pairsx,y∈R, and is called a Jordan derivation in caseD(x2) =D(x)x+xD(x) is fulfilled for allx∈R. Obviously, any derivation is a Jordan derivation. The converse is in general not true. Herstein ([8]) has proved that any Jordan derivation on a 2-torsion free prime ring is a derivation (see also [1]). Cusack ([5]) has generalized Herstein’s result to 2-torsion free semiprime rings (see [2] for an alternative proof). An additive mappingD:R→Ris called a left derivation ifD(xy) =yD(x) +xD(y) holds for all pairsx,y∈Rand is called a left Jordan derivation (or Jordan left derivation) in caseD(x2) = 2xD(x) is fulfilled for allx∈R. In this paper by a Banach algebra we mean a Banach algebra over the complex field.