A Note on Differential Identities in Prime and Semiprime Rings

Abstract

Let R be a prime ring, I a nonzero ideal of R, d a derivation of R and m, n fixed positive integers. (i) If (d ( r ○ s)(r ○ s) + ( r ○ s) d ( r ○ s)n - d ( r ○ s))m for all r, s ϵ I, then R is commutative. (ii) If (d ( r ○ s)( r ○ s) + ( r ○ s) d ( r ○ s)n - d (r ○ s))m ϵ Z(R) for all r, s ϵ I, then R satisfies s4, the standard identity in four variables. Moreover, we also examine the case when R is a semiprime ring.