An R-algebra A is called an E(R)-algebra if the canonical homomorphism from A to the endomorphism algebra $En{d}_{R}A$ of the R-module ${}_{R}A$, taking any a ∈ A to the right multiplication $a_r\in En{d}_{R}A$ by a, is an isomorphism of algebras. In this case ${}_{R}A$ is called an E(R)-module. There is a proper class of examples constructed in [4]. E(R)-algebras arise naturally in various topics of algebra. So it is not surprising that they were investigated thoroughly in the last decades; see [3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19]. Despite...

Let $𝔄=\left(\begin{array}{cc}𝒜& ℳ\\ & ℬ\end{array}\right)$ be the triangular algebra consisting of unital algebras $𝒜$ and $ℬ$ over a commutative ring $R$ with identity $1$ and $ℳ$ be a unital $(𝒜,ℬ)$-bimodule. An additive subgroup $𝔏$ of $𝔄$ is said to be a Lie ideal of $𝔄$ if $[𝔏,𝔄]\subseteq 𝔏$. A non-central square closed Lie ideal $𝔏$ of $𝔄$ is known as an admissible Lie ideal. The main result of the present paper states that under certain restrictions on $𝔄$, every generalized Jordan triple higher derivation of $𝔏$ into $𝔄$ is a generalized higher derivation of $𝔏$ into $𝔄$.

In this paper, we investigate a new type of generalized derivations associated with Hochschild 2-cocycles which is introduced by A.Nakajima (Turk. J. Math. 30 (2006), 403–411). We show that if $𝒰$ is a triangular algebra, then every generalized Jordan derivation of above type from $𝒰$ into itself is a generalized derivation.

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.

We investigate gradings on tame blocks of group algebras whose defect groups are dihedral. For this subfamily of tame blocks we classify gradings up to graded Morita equivalence, we transfer gradings via derived equivalences, and we check the existence, positivity and tightness of gradings. We classify gradings by computing the group of outer automorphisms that fix the isomorphism classes of simple modules.

Given a field K of characteristic p > 2 and a finite group G, necessary and sufficient conditions for the unit group U(KG) of the group algebra KG to be centrally metabelian are obtained. It is observed that U(KG) is centrally metabelian if and only if KG is Lie centrally metabelian.