Generalized skew derivations and generalization of commuting maps on prime rings (Q2170469)

Let \(R\) be a ring and \(f:R\longrightarrow R\) an additive map. It is said \textit{commuting} on a \(T\subseteq R\) if \([f(x),x]=0\), for all \(x\in T\). The commuting maps are connected with the structure of the ring, so that many authors studied commuting maps defined on a subset of a (semi)prime ring, proving that it is possible to describe the structure of the ring, unless when the maps have a particular form. Here, the authors study a more general condition that involves two non-zero generalized skew derivations defined on a prime ring \(R\), where \(\mathrm{char}(R)\neq2\); more precisely, they consider \(F\) and \(G\) two non-zero generalized skew derivations of \(R\) such that \(F(x)x-G(x)F(x)=0\), for all \(x\in f(R)\), the set of all evaluations of a non-central multilinear polynomial \(f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\) in \(R\). Under these assumptions they prove that one of the following holds: \begin{itemize} \item[1.] there exist \(a,p\in Q_r\) such that \(F(x)=ax\) and \(G(x)=pxp^{-1}\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(p^{-1}a\in C\); \item[2.] there exist \(a,c,p\in Q_r\) such that \(F(x)=ax+pxp^{-1}c\) and \(G(x)=pxp^{-1}\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(f(R)^2\subseteq C\) and \(p^{-1}(a-c)\in C\); \item[3.] there exist \(a,p\in Q_r\) such that \(F(x)=ax-pxp^{-1}a\) and \(G(x)=-pxp^{-1}\), for all \(x\in R\), with \(f(R)^2\subseteq C\). \end{itemize} where \(Q_r\) is the right Martindale quotient ring of \(R\) and \(C\) the extended centroid (the center of \(Q_r\)).