Abstract:
Gamma ring was first introduced by N. Nobusawa as a generalization of a classical
ring. W. E. Barnes generalized the definition of a gamma ring due to Nobusawa.
Presently the gamma ring due to Barnes is known as a gamma ring and gamma ring
due to Nobusawa is known as gamma ring in the sense of Nobusawa and is denoted
by N-ring. It is clear that every ring is a gamma ring and every N-ring is also a
-ring. Actually, W.E.Barnes, J.Luh and S.Kyuno studied the structures of -rings
and obtained various generalizations analogous to the corresponding parts in ring
theory. Afterwards, a number of algebraists have determined a lot of fundamental
properties of -rings to classify and extend numerous significant results in classical
ring theory to -ring theory. This thesis, entitled โCharacterizations of Prime and
Semiprime Gamma Rings with Derivations and Lie Idealsโ, aims to characterize prime
and semiprime -rings with various types of left derivations, derivations, generalized
derivations, higher derivations, derivations on Lie ideals and (U,M)-derivations. All
the necessary introductory definitions and examples of -rings are discussed in considerable
details in the introduction chapter.
The notions of derivation and Jordan derivation in -rings have been introduced
by M. Sapanci and A. Nakajima. Afterwards, in the light of some significant results
due to Jordan left derivation of a classical ring obtained by K.W.Jun and B.D.Kim,
some extensive results of left derivation and Jordan left derivation of a -ring were
determined by Y.Ceven. In classical ring theory, Joso Vukman proved that if d is
a Jordan left derivation of a 2-torsion free semiprime ring R and if there exists a
positive integer n such that D(x)n = 0 for all x 2 R, then D = 0. He also proved
that for a 2-torsion free and 3-torsion free semiprime ring R admits Jordan derivation
D and G : R ! R such that D2(x) = G(x) for all x 2 R, then D = 0. In chapter
1, we extend this result to the -ring theory in the case of Jordan left derivations.
Then we construct some relevant results to prove that under a suitable condition
every nonzero Jordan left derivation d of a 2-torsion free prime -ring M induces the
commutativity of M, and consequently, d is a left derivation of M.
Developing a number of important results on Jordan derivations of semiprime -
rings, we then prove under a suitable condition, every Jordan derivation of a -ring
M is a derivation of M, if we consider M as a 2-torsion free (i) semiprime, and
(ii) completely semiprime -ring, respectively. We examine all these statements in
chapter 2 for the clear understanding of the concepts.
M. Asci and S. Ceran obtained some commutativity results of prime -rings with
left derivation. Some commutativity results in prime rings with Jordan higher left
derivations were obtained by Kyuoo-Hong Park on Lie ideals and obtained some fruitful
results relating this. We work on Jordan higher left derivation on a 2-torsion free
prime -ring and we show that under a suitable condition, the existence of a nonzero
Jordan higher left derivation on a 2-torsion free prime -ring M forces M commutative.
For the classical ring theories, Herstein, proved a well known result that every
Jordan derivation in a 2-torsion free prime ring is a derivation. Bresar proved this result
in semiprime rings. Sapanci and Nakajima proved the same result in completely
prime -rings. C. Haetinger worked on higher derivations in prime rings and extended
this result to Lie ideals in a prime ring. We introduce a higher derivation and a Jordan
higher derivation in -rings. Then we determine some immediate consequences
due to Jordan higher derivation of -rings to prove under a suitable condition every
Jordan higher derivation of a 2-torsion free prime -ring M is a higher derivation of
M. Y. Ceven and M. A. Ozturk worked on Jordan generalized derivations in -rings
and they proved that every Jordan generalized derivation on some -rings is a generalized
derivation. A. Nakajima defined the notion of generalized higher derivations
and investigated some elementary relations between generalized higher derivations
and higher derivations in the usual sense. They also discussed Jordan generalized
higher derivations and Lie derivations on rings. W. Cortes and C. Haetinger proved
that every Jordan generalized higher derivations on a ring R is a generalized higher
derivation. M. Ferrero and C. Haetinger proved that every Jordan higher derivation
of a 2-torsion free semiprime ring is a higher derivation. C. Haetinger extended the
above results of prime rings in Lie ideals. By the motivations of above works, we
introduce a Jordan generalized higher derivations in -rings. We prove that every
Jordan generalized higher derivation in a 2-torsion free prime -ring with the condition
a b c = a b c for all a, b, c 2 M and , 2 , is a generalized higher derivation
of M. Chapter 3 deals with all these important results elaborately.
The relationship between usual derivations and Lie ideals of prime rings has been
extensively studied in the last 40 years. In particular, when this relationship involves
the action of the derivations on Lie ideals. In 1984, R. Awtar extended a well known
result proved by I. N. Herstein to Lie ideals which states that, โevery Jordan derivation
on a 2-torsion free prime ring is a derivationโ. In fact, R. Awtar proved that if U * Z
is a square closed Lie ideal of a 2-torsion free prime ring R and d : R ! R is an additive
mapping such that d(u2) = d(u)u + ud(u) for all u 2 U, then d(uv) = d(u)v + ud(v)
for all u, v 2 U. M. Ashraf and N. Rehman studied on Lie ideals and Jordan left
derivations of prime rings. They proved that if d : R ! R is an additive mapping
on a 2-torsion free prime ring R satisfying d(u2) = 2ud(u) for all u 2 U, where U
is a Lie ideal of R such that u2 2 U for all u 2 U then d(uv) = d(u)v + ud(v) for
all u, v 2 U. A. K. Halder and A. C. Paul extended the results of Y. Ceven in Lie
ideals. We generalize the Awtarโs result in -rings by establishing some necessary
results relating to them at the beginning of the chapter 4, we then prove if U is
an admissible Lie ideal of a 2-torsion free prime -ring M satisfying the condition
a b c = a b c for all a, b, c 2 M; , 2 and d : M ! M is a Jordan derivation
on U of M, then d(u v) = d(u) v + u d(v) for all u, v 2 U; 2 and if U is a
commutative square closed Lie ideal of M, then d(u v) = d(u) v + u d(v) for all
u, v 2 U and 2 . Accordingly, we then define Jordan higher derivation and higher
derivation on Lie ideals of -rings and construct some relevant results to prove the
previous results analogously in case of Jordan higher derivation on Lie ideal of a -
ring. Chapter 4 is devoted to a study of these materials in order to bring out the
concepts defined clearly.
M. Ashraf and N. Rehman considered the question of I. N. Herstein for a Jordan
generalized derivation. They showed that in a 2-torsion free ring R which has
a commutator right nonzero divisor, every Jordan generalized derivation on R is a
generalized derivation on R. In 2000, Nakajima defined a generalized higher derivation
and gave some categorical properties. He also treated generalized higher Jordan
and Lie derivations. Later, Cortes and Haetinger extended Ashrafโs theorem to generalized
higher derivations. They proved that if R is 2-torsion free ring which has a
commutator right nonzero divisor, then every Jordan generalized higher derivation on
R is a generalized higher derivation on R. Following the notions of Jordan derivation
and derivation on Lie ideals of a -ring in the previous chapter we then introduce the
concepts of a Jordan generalized derivation and generalized derivation on Lie ideals
of a -ring and we extend and generalized the above mentioned result by these newly
introduced concepts. Accordingly, we then define Jordan generalized higher derivation
and generalized higher derivation on Lie ideals of a -ring and generalized the
same result by these concepts. We examine all these statements in chapter 5 for the
clear understanding of the concepts.
(U,R)-derivations in rings have been introduced by A. K. Faraj, C. Haetinger and
A. H. Majeed as a generalization of Jordan derivations on a Lie ideal of a ring. We
introduce (U,M)-derivations in -rings as a generalization of Jordan derivations on a
Lie ideal of a -ring. We construct some useful consequences of (U,M)-derivation of
a prime -ring to prove first that, d(u v) = d(u) v + u d(v) for all u, v 2 U, 2 ,
where U is an admissible Lie ideal of M and d is a (U,M)-derivation of M. We
also prove that, if u u 2 U for all u 2 U and 2 then d(u m) = d(u) m +
u d(m) for all u 2 U,m 2 M and 2 . After introducing (U,M)-derivation in
-rings, we then introduce the concept of higher (U,M)-derivation in -rings. We
conclude the chapter 6 by proving the analogous results corresponding to the previous
results considering higher (U,M)-derivations of prime -rings almost similar way after
developing a number of results regarding this newly introduced concept.
Following the notion of (U,M)-derivation and higher (U,M)-derivation of a -
ring in the previous chapter here we introduce the concept of generalized (U,M)-
derivation and generalized higher (U,M)-derivation in -rings. By establishing some
necessary results with generalized (U,M)-derivation, we then prove the analogous
results considering generalized (U,M)-derivation of prime -rings corresponding to
the results of (U,M)-derivation of the previous chapter. A. K. Faraj, C. Haetinger
and A. H. Majeed extended Awtarโs theorem to generalized higher (U,R)-derivations
by proving that if R is a prime ring, char.(R) 6= 2, U is an admissible Lie ideal of
R and F = (fi)i2N is a generalized higher (U,R)-derivations of R, then fn(ur) =
P
i+j=n fi(u)dj(r) for all u 2 U, r 2 R and n 2 N. Chapter 7 also extends this result
in the case of generalized higher (U,M)-derivation of prime -rings. Actually, it aims
to prove that if U is an admissible Lie ideal of a prime -ring M and F = (fi)i2N is
a generalized higher (U,M)-derivation of M, then (i) fn(u v) =
P
i+j=n fi(u) dj(v)
for all u, v 2 U, 2 and n 2 N; and also, that (ii) fn(u m) =
P
i+j=n fi(u) dj(m)
for all u 2 U,m 2 M, 2 and n 2 N.