A Note on Posner's Theorem with Generalized Derivations on Lie Ideals

  • V. De Filippis

    Università di Messina, Italy
  • M.S. Tammam El-Sayid

    Beni Suef University, Egypt

Abstract

Let R be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2, Z(R) its center, U its Utumi quotient ring, C its extended centroid, G a non-zero generalized derivation of R, L a non-central Lie ideal of R. We prove that if [[G(u),u],G(u)] ∈ Z(R) for all uL then one of the following holds:
1. there exists α ∈ C such that G(x) = α_x_, for all xR;
2. satisfies the standard identity _s_4(_x_1,…,x_4) and there exist aU, α ∈ C such that G(x) = ax + xa + α_x, for all xR.

Cite this article

V. De Filippis, M.S. Tammam El-Sayid, A Note on Posner's Theorem with Generalized Derivations on Lie Ideals. Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Padova 122 (2009), pp. 55–64

DOI 10.4171/RSMUP/122-5