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Let R be a prime ring, d, δ two derivations of R, L a noncentral Lie ideal of R and 0 ≠ a ∈ R. The main object in this paper is to discuss the situations a (d (x)x − xδ (x))n = 0 for all x ∈ L and a (d (x)x − xδ (x)) ∈ Z (R) for all x ∈ L, where n ≥ 1 is a fixed integer.
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Dhara, B. Annihilator condition on power values of derivations. Indian J Pure Appl Math 42, 357–369 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-011-0023-7
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