A note on generalized derivations of order 2 and multilinear polynomials in prime rings (Q2080334)

In the paper under review the authors investigate generalized derivations of order \(2\) acting on the set \[ S=\{f(r_1,\ldots,r_n): r_1,\ldots,r_n\}, \] where \(R\) is a prime ring of characteristic different from \(2\) and \(3\) and \(f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\) is a non-central valued multilinear polynomial over \(C\), the extended centroid of \(R\). More precisely, in Theorem 1 they prove that if \(F, G\) are two generalized derivations of \(R\) and \(d\) is a derivation of \(R\), such that \(d\bigl(F^2(u)u\bigr)=uG^2(u)\), for any \(u\in S\), then one of the following holds: \begin{itemize} \item[1.] There exist \(b, p\in U\), the Utumi ring of quotients of \(R\), such that \(F(x) = xb\) and \(G(x) = xp\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(b^2 = 0 = p^2\); \item[2.] There exist \(b, p\in U\) such that \(F(x) = xb\) and \(G(x) = px\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(b^2 = 0 = p^2\); \item[3.] There exist \(b, p\in U\) such that \(F(x) = bx\) and \(G(x) = xp\), for all \(x \in R\), with \(b^2 = 0 = p^2\); \item[4.] There exist \(b, p\in U\) such that \(F(x) = bx\) and \(G(x) = px\), for all \(x \in R\), with \(b^2 = 0 = p^2\); \item[5.] \(f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)^2\) is central valued on \(R\) and one of the following cases occurs: \begin{itemize} \item[(a)] there exist \(a,b,p\in U\) such that \(d(x)=[a, x]\), \(F(x) = xb\) and \(G(x) = xp\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(p^2 = 0\) and \(b^2\in C\); \item[(b)] there exist \(a, b, p\in U\) such that \(d(x) = [a, x]\), \(F(x) = xb\) and \(G(x) = px\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(p^2 = 0\) and \(b^2\in C\); \item[(c)] there exist \(a, b, p\in U\) such that \(d(x) = [a, x]\), \(F(x) = bx\) and \(G(x) = xp\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(d(b^2) = p^2\); \item[(d)] there exist \(a, b, p\in U\) such that \(d(x) = [a, x]\), \(F(x) = bx\) and \(G(x) = px\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(d(b^2) = p^2\). \end{itemize} \end{itemize}