Derivations with annihilator conditions on Lie ideals in prime rings

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a prime ring with characteristic different from two, [Formula: see text] a derivation of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] a noncentral Lie ideal of [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text]. In the present paper, it is shown that if one of the following conditions holds: (i) [Formula: see text], (ii) [Formula: see text], (iii) [Formula: see text] and (iv) [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] are fixed positive integers, then [Formula: see text] unless [Formula: see text] satisfies [Formula: see text], the standard polynomial identity in four variables.