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Let R be a semiprime ring and F be a generalized derivation of R and n ≥ 1 a fixed integer. In this paper we prove the following: (1) If (F(xy) − yx)n is either zero or invertible for all \({x,y\in R}\), then there exists a division ring D such that either R = D or R = M 2(D), the 2 × 2 matrix ring. (2) If R is a prime ring and I is a nonzero right ideal of R such that (F(xy) − yx)n = 0 for all \({x,y \in I}\), then [I, I]I = 0, F(x) = ax + xb for \({a,b\in R}\) and there exist \({\alpha, \beta \in C}\), the extended centroid of R, such that (a − α)I = 0 and (b − β)I = 0, moreover ((a + b)x − x)I = 0 for all \({x\in I}\).
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Ali, A., Ali, S. & De Filippis, V. Nilpotent and invertible values in semiprime rings with generalized derivations. Aequat. Math. 82, 123–134 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-010-0061-y
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