Remarks on derivations on semiprime rings (Q1186353): Difference between revisions

The main theorem of this short note proves that if \(R\) is a semi-prime ring with a nonzero ideal \(K\) and a derivation \(D\) which satisfies either \(D([x,y])=[x,y]\) for all \(x,y \in K\), or \(D([x,y])=-[x,y]\) for all \(x,y \in K\), then \(K\) is central.