On Jordan ideals and left(θ,θ)-derivations in prime rings

Abstract

LetRbe a ring andSa nonempty subset ofR. Suppose thatθandϕare endomorphisms ofR. An additive mappingδ:R→Ris called a left(θ,ϕ)-derivation (resp., Jordan left(θ,ϕ)-derivation) onSifδ(xy)=θ(x)δ(y)+ϕ(y)δ(x)(resp.,δ(x2)=θ(x)δ(x)+ϕ(x)δ(x)) holds for allx,y∈S. Suppose thatJis a Jordan ideal and a subring of a2-torsion-free prime ringR. In the present paper, it is shown that ifθis an automorphism ofRsuch thatδ(x2)=2θ(x)δ(x)holds for allx∈J, then eitherJ⫅Z(R)orδ(J)=(0). Further, a study of left(θ,θ)-derivations of a prime ringRhas been made which acts either as a homomorphism or as an antihomomorphism of the ringR.