An Engel condition with an additive mapping in semiprime rings. (Q2018812)
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An Engel condition with an additive mapping in semiprime rings. (English)
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25 March 2015
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The aim of this article is to prove the following result: Let \(n>1\) be a fixed integer, let \(R\) be an \(n!\)-torsion free semiprime ring, and let \(f\colon R\to R\) be an additive mapping satisfying the relation \([f(x),x]_n=[[\cdots[[f(x),x],x],\cdots],x]=0\) for all \(x\in R\). Then \(f\) is a commuting map of \(R\), that is, \([f(x),x]=0\) for all \(x\in R\). Since von Neumann algebras and \(C^*\) algebras are always semiprime, this purely algebraic result might be of some interest from functional analysis point of view.
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semiprime rings
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additive maps
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derivations
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Engel conditions
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prime rings
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commuting maps
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centralizing maps
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functional identities
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