International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 53145, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/IJMMS/2006/53145

Products of derivations which act as Lie derivations on commutators of right ideals

V. De Filippis

Dipartimento di Matematica, Universitá di Messina, Salita Sperone 31, Messina 98166, Italy

Received 5 April 2006; Revised 22 October 2006; Accepted 30 October 2006

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Abstract

Let R be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2, I a nonzero right ideal of R, d and δ nonzero derivations of R, and s4(x1,x2,x3,x4) the standard identity of degree 4. If the composition (dδ) is a Lie derivation of [I,I] into R, then either s4(I,I,I,I)I=0 or δ(I)I=d(I)I=0.