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We discuss range inclusion results for derivations on noncommutative Banach algebras from the point of view of ring theory.

A ring R is called Armendariz (resp., Armendariz of power series type) if, whenever $\left({\sum }_{i\ge 0}{a}_i{x}^i\right)\left({\sum }_{j\ge 0}{b}_j{x}^j\right)=0$ in R[x] (resp., in R[[x]]), then $a_i{b}_j=0$ for all i and j. This paper deals with a unified generalization of the two concepts (see Definition 2). Some known results on Armendariz rings are extended to this more general situation and new results are obtained as consequences. For instance, it is proved that a ring R is Armendariz of power series type iff the same is true of R[[x]]. For an injective endomorphism σ of a ring...

Starting with some observations on (strong) lifting of idempotents, we characterize a module whose endomorphism ring is semiregular with respect to the ideal of endomorphisms with small image. This is the dual of Yamagata's work [Colloq. Math. 113 (2008)] on a module whose endomorphism ring is semiregular with respect to the ideal of endomorphisms with large kernel.

Let A be a semisimple Banach algebra with a linear automorphism σ and let δ: I → A be a σ-derivation, where I is an ideal of A. Then Φ(δ)(I ∩ σ(I)) = 0, where Φ(δ) is the separating space of δ. As a consequence, if I is an essential ideal then the σ-derivation δ is closable. In a prime C*-algebra, we show that every σ-derivation defined on a nonzero ideal is continuous. Finally, any linear map on a prime semisimple Banach algebra with nontrivial idempotents is continuous if it satisfies the σ-derivation...

Let R[x] and R[[x]] respectively denote the ring of polynomials and the ring of power series in one indeterminate x over a ring R. For an ideal I of R, denote by [R;I][x] the following subring of R[[x]]: [R;I][x]: = ${\sum }_{i\ge 0}{r}_i{x}^i\in R\left[\left[x\right]\right]$ : ∃ 0 ≤ n∈ ℤ such that $r_i\in I$, ∀ i ≥ n. The polynomial and power series rings over R are extreme cases where I = 0 or R, but there are ideals I such that neither R[x] nor R[[x]] is isomorphic to [R;I][x]. The results characterizing polynomial rings or power series rings with a certain ring...

The paper was motivated by Kovacs’ paper (1973), Isaacs’ paper (1980) and a recent paper, due to Brešar et al. (2018), concerning Skolem-Noether algebras. Let $K$ be a unital commutative ring, not necessarily a field. Given a unital $K$-algebra $S$, where $K$ is contained in the center of $S$, $n\in \mathbb{N}$, the goal of this paper is to study the question: when can a homomorphism $\phi :{\mathrm{M}}_n\left(K\right)\to {\mathrm{M}}_n\left(S\right)$ be extended to an inner automorphism of ${\mathrm{M}}_n\left(S\right)$? As an application of main results presented in the paper, it is proved that if $S$ is a semilocal...