A product of two generalized derivations on polynomials in prime rings. (Q634827)

Let \(R\) be a prime ring with \(\text{char\,}R\neq 2\), extended centroid \(C\), nonzero generalized derivations \(F\) and \(G\), and \(f(X)\) a polynomial over \(C\) that is not central valued on \(R\). The main result assumes that the composition \(FG\) acts as a generalized derivation on the set of evaluations of \(f(X)\) in \(R\) and proves: either \(F\) or \(G\) is a left (or right) multiplication by an element of \(C\), or both are inner generalized derivations with simple relations on the constants appearing. Most of the paper considers the case when \(f(x,y)=xy-yx\) and these results are essential for the proof of the main theorem of the paper.