On the semiprimitivity of skew polynomial rings

Abstract

Let R be a left Noetherian ring with the ascending chain condition on right annihilators, let α be a ring monomorphism of R and δ an α-derivation of R. We prove that, if R is semiprime or α-prime, then R[X;α, δ] is semiprimitive (and left Goldie), and that J(R[X;α]) equals N(R)[X;α].