The range and kernel inclusion of algebraic derivations and commuting maps

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Let \(A\) be an algebra and let \(\delta\) and \(\delta'\) be derivations on \(A\). The author considers the following three conditions: (i) \(\text{ran} \, \delta' \subset \text{ran} \, \delta\); (ii) \(\ker \delta \subset \ker \delta'\); (iii) there are \(a \in A\) and a polynomial \(p\) such that \(\delta = \delta_a\), the inner derivation implemented by \(a\), and \(\delta' = \delta_{p(a)}\). He shows under various algebraic hypotheses how these conditions are related. As applications, he obtains characterizations of commuting maps such as the following: For a continuous linear map \(T\) on a von Neumann algebra \(M\), the following are equivalent: (i) \(\text{ran} \, \delta_{T(p)} \subset \text{ran} \, \delta_p\) for all projections \(p\in M\); (ii) \(\ker \delta_p \subset \ker \delta_{T(p)}\) for all projections \(p\in M\); (iii) \(T\) is commuting; (iv) there are \(z \in Z(M)\), the center of \(M\), and a linear map \(S : M \to Z(M)\) such that \(Tx = zx + Sx\) for all \(x \in M\).











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