On identities for derivative operators

Abstract

Let $X$ be a commutative algebra with unity $e$ and let $D$ be a derivative on $X$ that means the Leibniz rule is satisfied: $D(f\cdot g)=D(f)\cdot g+f\cdot D(g)$. If $D^{(k)}$ is $k$-th iteration of $D$ then we prove that the following identity holds for any positive integer $k$ $$\frac{1}{k!}\sum\limits_{j=0}^k(-1)^j\binom{k}{j}f^jD^{(m)}(gf^{k-j})=\Phi_{k,m}(g,f)=\begin{cases}0,\ 0\leq m <k,\\ gD(f)^k,\ k=m.\end{cases}$$ As an application we prove a sharp version of Bernstein's inequality for trigonometric polynomials.