Jordan maps and zero Lie product determined algebras

Authors: MATEJ BRESAR

Abstract: Let $A$ be an algebra over a field $F$ with $(F)\ne 2$. If $A$ is generated as an algebra by $[[A,A],[A,A]]$, then for every skew-symmetric bilinear map $\Phi:A\times A\to X$, where $X$ is an arbitrary vector space over $F$, the condition that $\Phi(x^2,x)=0 $ for all $x\in A$ implies that $\Phi(xy,z) +\Phi(zx,y) + \Phi(yz,x)=0$ for all $x,y,z\in A$. This is applicable to the question of whether $A$ is zero Lie product determined and is also used in proving that a Jordan homomorphism from $A$ onto a semiprime algebra $B$ is the sum of a homomorphism and an antihomomorphism.

Keywords: Bilinear map, zero Lie product determined algebra, derivation, Jordan derivation, Jordan homomorphism, functional identity

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