Nonlinear Lie-type derivations of von Neumann algebras and related topics (Q2848704)

There have been a number of works on characterization of Lie derivations as well as Lie \(n\)-derivations on rings and operator algebras. For example, \textit{Z.-F. Bai} and \textit{S.-P. Du} [Linear Algebra Appl. 436, No. 7, 2701--2708 (2012; Zbl 1272.47046)] proved that every nonlinear Lie derivation on von Neumann algebras without central summands of type \(I_1\) can be expressed as a sum of an additive derivation and a central mapping which maps commutators to zero.NEWLINENEWLINEIn the paper under review, the authors aim to characterize nonlinear Lie \(n\)-derivations of von Neumann algebras. They show that, if \(\varphi :\mathcal {A}\to \mathcal {A}\) is a nonlinear Lie \(n\)-derivations of a von Neumann algebra \(\mathcal {A}\) with no abelian central summands of type \(I_1\), then \(\varphi \) is of the form \(d+f\), where \(d\) is an additive derivation of \(\mathcal {A}\) and \(f\) is a mapping of \(\mathcal {A}\) into its center vanishing on \((n-1)\)th commutators.