On a certain identity satisfied by a derivation and an arbitrary additive mapping II.
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 16R20, 16R50, 16R60, 16N60. We give short proofs, based only on basic properties of the extended centroid of a prime ring, of Martindale’s theorem on prime GPI-rings and (a strengthened version of) Posner’s theorem on prime PI-rings. * Supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (program No. P1-0288).
Let A be a complex unital Banach algebra. We characterize elements belonging to Γ(A), the set of elements central modulo the radical. Our result extends and unifies several known characterizations of elements in Γ(A).
Let B(H) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H. Automorphisms and antiautomorphisms are the only bijective linear mappings θ of B(H) with the property that θ(P) is an idempotent whenever P ∈ B(H) is. In case H is separable and infinite-dimensional, every local automorphism of B(H) is an automorphism.
The problem of when derivations (and their powers) have the range in the Jacobson radical is considered. The proofs are based on the density theorem for derivations.
Let A be a semisimple Banach algebra. We define the rank of a nonzero element a in the socle of A to be the minimum of the number of minimal left ideals whose sum contains a. Several characterizations of rank are proved.
Let 𝓐 be a Banach algebra without nonzero finite dimensional ideals. Then every compact semiderivation on 𝓐 is a quasinilpotent operator mapping 𝓐 into its radical.
We consider a continuous derivation D on a Banach algebra 𝓐 such that p(D) is a compact operator for some polynomial p. It is shown that either 𝓐 has a nonzero finite-dimensional ideal not contained in the radical rad(𝓐) of 𝓐 or there exists another polynomial p̃ such that p̃(D) maps 𝓐 into rad(𝓐). A special case where Dⁿ is compact is discussed in greater detail.
Let φ be a Jordan automorphism of an algebra . The situation when an element a ∈ satisfies is considered. The result which we obtain implies the Kleinecke-Shirokov theorem and Jacobson’s lemma.
Various topics concerning compact elementary operators on Banach algebras are studied: their ranges, their coefficients, and the structure of algebras having nontrivial compact elementary operators. In the first part of the paper we consider separately elementary operators of certain simple types. In the second part we obtain our main results which deal with general elementary operators.
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