Additivity of Elementary Maps on Rings

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Let \(\mathcal R\) and \({\mathcal R}'\) be rings, and let \(M\colon{\mathcal R}\to{\mathcal R}'\) and \(M^*\colon{\mathcal R}'\to{\mathcal R}\) be maps satisfying \(M(xM^*(y)z)=M(x)yM(z)\) and \(M^*(yM(x)u)=M^*(y)xM^*(u)\) for all \(x,z\in{\mathcal R}\) and \(y,u\in{\mathcal R}'\). Such pairs of maps appear in the axiomatic theory of elementary operators initiated by \textit{M. Brešar} and \textit{P. Šemrl} [in Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Sect. A, Math. 129, No. 6, 1115-1135 (1999; Zbl 0972.47022)]. The paper under review studies the question under which conditions these maps are automatically additive. Under the assumption that \(M\) and \(M^*\) are surjective, the affirmative answer is given for various classes of rings and algebras; for example, for prime rings containing nontrivial idempotents, standard operator algebras, nest algebras on Hilbert spaces, and atomic Boolean subspace lattice algebras.











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