Let $f:A\to B$ and $g:A\to C$ be two ring homomorphisms and let $K$ and $K^{\text{'}}$ be two ideals of $B$ and $C$, respectively, such that $f^{-1}\left(K\right)=g^{-1}\left(K^{\text{'}}\right)$. We investigate unipotent, symmetric and reversible properties of the bi-amalgamation ring $A{\bowtie }^{f,g}(K,K^{\text{'}})$ of $A$ with $(B,C)$ along $(K,K^{\text{'}})$ with respect to $(f,g)$.

Let $R$ be a noncommutative prime ring of characteristic different from 2, with its two-sided Martindale quotient ring $Q$, $C$ the extended centroid of $R$ and $a\in R$. Suppose that $\delta$ is a nonzero $\sigma$-derivation of $R$ such that $a{[\delta \left(x^n\right),x^n]}_k=0$ for all $x\in R$, where $\sigma$ is an automorphism of $R$, $n$ and $k$ are fixed positive integers. Then $a=0$.

Let $R$ be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2, $Q_r$ its right Martindale quotient ring and $C$ its extended centroid. Suppose that $F$, $G$ are generalized skew derivations of $R$ with the same associated automorphism $\alpha$, and $p(x_1,...,x_n)$ is a non-central polynomial over $C$ such that $$\left[F\right(x),\alpha (y\left)\right]=G\left(\right[x,y\left]\right)$$ for all $x,y\in \{p(r_1,...,r_n):r_1,...,r_n\in R\}$. Then there exists $\lambda \in C$ such that $F\left(x\right)=G\left(x\right)=\lambda \alpha \left(x\right)$ for all $x\in R$.

In this paper, we introduce a new kind of rings that behave like semicommutative rings, but satisfy yet more known results. This kind of rings is called $P$-semicommutative. We prove that a ring $R$ is $P$-semicommutative if and only if $R\left[x\right]$ is $P$-semicommutative if and only if $R[x,x^{-1}]$ is $P$-semicommutative. Also, if $R\left[\right[x\left]\right]$ is $P$-semicommutative, then $R$ is $P$-semicommutative. The converse holds provided that $P\left(R\right)$ is nilpotent and $R$ is power serieswise Armendariz. For each positive integer $n$, $R$ is $P$-semicommutative...

Let $R$ be a prime ring with center $Z\left(R\right)$ and $I$ a nonzero right ideal of $R$. Suppose that $R$ admits a generalized reverse derivation $(F,d)$ such that $d\left(Z\right(R\left)\right)\ne 0$. In the present paper, we shall prove that if one of the following conditions holds: (i) $F\left(xy\right)\pm xy\in Z\left(R\right)$, (ii) $F\left(\right[x,y\left]\right)\pm \left[F\right(x),y]\in Z\left(R\right)$, (iii) $F\left(\right[x,y\left]\right)\pm \left[F\right(x),F(y\left)\right]\in Z\left(R\right)$, (iv) $F(x\circ y)\pm F\left(x\right)\circ F\left(y\right)\in Z\left(R\right)$, (v) $\left[F\right(x),y]\pm [x,F(y\left)\right]\in Z\left(R\right)$, (vi) $F\left(x\right)\circ y\pm x\circ F\left(y\right)\in Z\left(R\right)$ for all $x,y\in I$, then $R$ is commutative.

Let $𝒜$ be a noncommutative prime ring equipped with an involution ‘$*$’, and let ${𝒬}_{ms}\left(𝒜\right)$ be the maximal symmetric ring of quotients of $𝒜$. Consider the additive maps $\mathscr{H}$ and $𝒯:𝒜\to {𝒬}_{ms}\left(𝒜\right)$. We prove the following under some inevitable torsion restrictions. (a) If $m$ and $n$ are fixed positive integers such that $(m+n)𝒯\left(a^2\right)=m𝒯\left(a\right)a^{*}+na𝒯\left(a\right)$ for all $a\in 𝒜$ and $(m+n)\mathscr{H}\left(a^2\right)=m\mathscr{H}\left(a\right)a^{*}+na𝒯\left(a\right)$ for all $a\in 𝒜$, then $\mathscr{H}=0$. (b) If $𝒯\left(aba\right)=a𝒯\left(b\right)a^{*}$ for all $a,b\in 𝒜$, then $𝒯=0$. Furthermore, we characterize Jordan left $\tau$-centralizers in semiprime rings admitting an anti-automorphism $\tau$. As applications, we find the...

Let $R$ be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2 and 3, $Q_r$ its right Martindale quotient ring, $C$ its extended centroid, $L$ a non-central Lie ideal of $R$ and $n\ge 1$ a fixed positive integer. Let $\alpha$ be an automorphism of the ring $R$. An additive map $D:R\to R$ is called an $\alpha$-derivation (or a skew derivation) on $R$ if $D\left(xy\right)=D\left(x\right)y+\alpha \left(x\right)D\left(y\right)$ for all $x,y\in R$. An additive mapping $F:R\to R$ is called a generalized $\alpha$-derivation (or a generalized skew derivation) on $R$ if there exists a skew derivation $D$ on $R$ such that $F\left(xy\right)=F\left(x\right)y+\alpha \left(x\right)D\left(y\right)$ for all $x,y\in R$. We prove...

A nonzero $R$-module $M$ is atomic if for each two nonzero elements $a,b$ in $M$, both cyclic submodules $Ra$ and $Rb$ have nonzero isomorphic submodules. In this article it is shown that for an infinite $P$-space $X$, the factor rings $C(X,\mathbb{Z})/C_F(X,\mathbb{Z})$ and $C_c\left(X\right)/C_F\left(X\right)$ have no atomic ideals. This fact generalizes a result published in paper by A. Mozaffarikhah, E. Momtahan, A. R. Olfati and S. Safaeeyan (2020), which says that for an infinite set $X$, the factor ring ${\mathbb{Z}}^X/{\mathbb{Z}}^{\left(X\right)}$ has no atomic ideal. Another result is that for each infinite...

Let $G$ be a group and $\omega \left(G\right)$ be the set of element orders of $G$. Let $k\in \omega \left(G\right)$ and $m_k\left(G\right)$ be the number of elements of order $k$ in $G$. Let nse$\left(G\right)=\{m_k\left(G\right):k\in \omega \left(G\right)\}$. Assume $r$ is a prime number and let $G$ be a group such that nse$\left(G\right)=$ nse$\left(S_r\right)$, where $S_r$ is the symmetric group of degree $r$. In this paper we prove that $G\cong S_r$, if $r$ divides the order of $G$ and $r^2$ does not divide it. To get the conclusion we make use of some well-known results on the prime graphs of finite simple groups and their components.