Supercentralizing Superderivations on Prime Superalgebras (Q5719280)

A well-known theorem of \textit{E. C. Posner} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 8, 1093-1100 (1958; Zbl 0082.03003)] states that if a derivation \(d\) on a prime ring \(A\) is such that \([d(x),x]\) lies in the center of \(A\) for every \(x\in A\), then either \(d=0\) or \(A\) is commutative. In the paper under review, the author extends Posner's theorem to superalgebras as follows: If \(A\) is a prime associative superalgebra (over a commutative ring containing \(\tfrac 12\)) and \(d\) is a superderivation of \(A\) such that \([d(x),x]_s\) lies in the supercenter of \(A\) for every \(x\in A\), then either \(d=0\) or \(A\) is commntative. Here, \([u,v]_s\) denotes the supercommutator, i.e. \([u,v]_s=uv-(-1)^{|u||v|}vu\).