Nilpotency of derivations in prime rings
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Abstract:
In 1957, E. C. Posner proved that if $\lambda$ and $\delta$ are derivations of a prime ring R, characteristic $R \ne 2$, then $\lambda \delta = 0$ implies either $\lambda = 0$ or $\delta = 0$. We extend this well-known result by showing that, without any characteristic restriction, $\lambda {\delta ^m} = 0$ implies either $\lambda = 0$ or ${\delta ^{4m - 1}} = 0$. We also prove that ${\lambda ^n}\delta = 0$ implies either ${\delta ^2} = 0$ or ${\lambda ^{12n - 9}} = 0$. In the case where ${\lambda ^n}{\delta ^m} = 0$, we show that if $\lambda$ and $\delta$ commute, then at least one of the derivations must be nilpotent.References
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- © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 2633-2636
- MSC: Primary 16W25; Secondary 16N60
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1291775-9
- MathSciNet review: 1291775