A Quadratic Differential Identity with Generalized Derivations on Multilinear Polynomials in Prime Rings

Abstract

Let R be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2, with right Utumi quotient ring U and extended centroid C, and let ${f(x_1, \ldots, x_n)}$ be a multilinear polynomial over C, not central valued on R. Suppose that d is a derivation of R and G is a generalized derivation of R such that

$$G(f(r_1, \ldots, r_n))d(f(r_1, \ldots, r_n)) + d(f(r_1, \ldots, r_n))G(f(r_1, \ldots, r_n)) = 0$$

for all ${r_1, \ldots, r_n \in R}$ . Then either d =  0 or G =  0, unless when d is an inner derivation of R, there exists ${\lambda \in C}$ such that G(x) =  λ x, for all ${x \in R}$ and ${f(x_1, \ldots, x_n)^2}$ is central valued on R.