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Nilpotency of Derivations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. O. Chung  and
Jiang Luh
L. O. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
Jiang Luh
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
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Abstract

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It is shown that the nilpotency of a derivation on a 2-torsion free semiprime ring is always an odd number. Examples are provided to show the necessity of the assumptions.

Keywords

16A7216A12Derivationsemiprime ringsnilpotency
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , 01 September 1983 , pp. 341 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1983

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