On center-like elements in rings
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On center-like elements in rings
zbMATH Open document ID: 0573.16009
DOI: 10.1155/S0161171285000138
author: Joe W. Fisher
author: Mohamed H. Fahmy
published in: International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/45963
review text: The results in this paper are based on the following theorem of I. N. Herstein: Let R be a prime ring with center Z, I a nonzero ideal of R, \(a\in R\), and \(n>0\) a fixed integer. If for all \(x\in I\), \((ax-xa)^ n=0\) then \(a\in Z\); and, if \((ax-xa)^ n\in Z\) then either \(a\in Z\) or R is an order in a simple algebra four dimensional over its center [\textit{I. N. Herstein}, J. Algebra 60, 567-574 (1979; Zbl 0436.16014)]. The authors use this theorem to obtain certain generalizations of it. For example, the conclusions of Herstein's theorem hold if (ax-xa) is replaced with \([\cdot \cdot \cdot [a,x_ 1],\cdot \cdot \cdot,x_ m]\), for m fixed, where \([x,y]=xy-yx\). They also show that when Z is infinite either \([a,[x_ 1,\cdot \cdot \cdot [x_{m-1},x_ m]\cdot \cdot \cdot]^ n=0\), or \((ax^ k-x^ ma)^ n=0\) and char \(R\neq 2\), forces \(a\in Z\), where again, all \(x_ i\in I\) and k,m,n are fixed.
reviewed by: Charles Lanski
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16Rxx
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16N60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16U70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16D60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16H05
zbMATH DE Number: 3914504
zbMATH Keywords: identities
zbMATH Keywords: commutativity
zbMATH Keywords: prime ring
zbMATH Keywords: center
zbMATH Keywords: order in a simple algebra
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2123477315
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3914504