1. Introduction
Several studies in the literature were made about additive mappings of prime and semiprime rings. Many authors investigated the structure of rings in these papers. An ideal in a ring is said to be prime if and for any ideals in then or A ring is said to be a prime ring if the zero ideal is a prime ideal (that is, if are ideals such that then or ). A ring is semiprime if and only if has no nonzero nilpotent ideals. Every prime ring is semiprime since 0 is a prime ideal. Also, we know that is a prime ring where is a prime ideal of The relationships among prime ideals, prime rings and semiprime rings are analogous to the relationships between mappings and commutativity.
An additive mapping
is called a derivation if
holds for all
This definition was originated by Posner in [
1]. In 1957, E. C. Posner [
1] established a fundamental result stating that if the product of two derivations on a prime ring of characteristic not two is itself a derivation, then at least one of the derivations must be trivial. This result has since inspired extensive research, particularly in the broader setting of prime and semiprime rings under various structural constraints. Subsequent work by Vukman [
2,
3] extended Posner’s theorem to the framework of bi-derivations, leading to significant advancements in the study of symmetric bi-derivations and their applications in ring theory. Further developments have explored fuzzification in rings, yielding important theoretical insights (see [
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9], and references therein). The study of derivations in ring theory remains essential not only as a structural tool but also due to its deep connections with analysis and applied mathematics. Investigating analogous properties of derivations within algebraic frameworks continues to be a key area of exploration with implications for both pure and applied mathematical disciplines.
More than a few authors proved the commutativity of prime or semiprime rings with certain algebraic identities using derivation. The definition of derivation was extended different ways such as semiderivation, generalized derivation, Jordan derivation, etc. One of these generalizations is the definition of symmetric derivation given by Maksa in [
10].
Definition 1. A mapping is said to be symmetric if for all A mapping is called the trace of if for all It is obvious that if is bi-additive (i.e., additive in both arguments), then the trace δ of
The following are some basic properties of a symmetric bi-additive mapping with the trace of . The proofs of these properties are straightforward and hence omitted.
(1) for all , ,
(2) for all ,
(3) for all , ,
(4) for all ,
(5) for all , .
Definition 2. Let be a symmetric bi-additive mapping. We call Δ symmetric bi-derivation on ϝ if it satisfies the following conditionandfor all We can give the following example for symmetric bi-derivation:
Example 1. Suppose the ring Define maps as follows:Then, it is easy to verify that Δ is a symmetric bi-derivation of ϝ. The notion of bi-derivations was introduced by Maksa [
10] and later examined in the context of functional equations in [
11], where symmetric bi-derivations were shown to be linked to general solutions of certain functional identities. Investigations into symmetric bi-derivations in prime rings have been further explored in [
2,
3].
Brešar [
12] established that every bi-derivation
on a noncommutative prime ring
takes the form
for some
in the extended centroid of
. This result was later generalized to semiprime rings using functional identities [
13]. Extensive research has since been conducted on bi-derivations and related mappings in prime and semiprime rings as well as in various algebraic structures. Further generalizations have introduced the concepts of 33 derivations and, more broadly,
n derivations, extending results initially established by Posner and Vukman to these higher-order derivations in prime and semiprime settings. The study of such mappings continues to play a crucial role in the structural analysis of rings and algebras.
Throughout this paper, will represent an associative ring. For any the symbol stands for the commutator , and the symbol stands for the anti-commutator . The following fundamental identities will be utilized throughout the discussion without explicit reference:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Daif and Bell [
14] established that if a semiprime ring
admits a derivation
satisfying a specific condition, then
ℑ must be a central ideal, there exists a nonzero ideal
ℑ of
such that either
for all
or
for all
. This result was extended for semiprime rings in [
15].
Let S be a nonempty subset of . A mapping from to is called commuting on S if for all . Every additive commuting mapping gives rise to a bi-derivation on . Namely, linearizing , we obtain , and we note that the map is a bi-derivation.
is called strong commutativity preserving (simply, SCP) on
if
for all
Derivations and SCP mappings have been extensively examined in the study of operator algebras, prime rings, and semiprime rings. For further insights into SCP mappings, see [
16,
17,
18] and the references therein. In [
19], Ashraf and Rehman established that a prime ring
with a nonzero ideal
ℑ must be commutative if it admits a derivation
satisfying either of the conditions:
or
the center of
and all
Recently, some of the results obtained for prime or semiprime rings with derivations were obtained for any ring that is not prime or semiprime but contains a prime or semiprime ideal (see [
20,
21,
22,
23] and references therein).
In this article, we prove many algebraic identities that include the symmetric bi-derivation of any ring which contains a semiprime ideal. This work generalizes the results obtained for prime or semiprime rings with derivation and symmetric derivation in the literature.
2. Results
Theorem 1. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) By the hypothesis, we obtain
Replacing
by
in above expression, we have
Using the hypothesis, we obtain that
Since
we have
Replacing
by
in last expression, we obtain
and so
Using this in our hypothesis, we find that
Hence, we obtain
and so
Thus, we conclude that
is commutative. This completes the proof.
(ii) Let assume that
The linearization of this expression, we obtain
Using the hypothesis, we have
Since
we obtain that
Taking
by
in this expression, we obtain
That is
Using this expression in our hypothesis, we have
Applying similar reasoning as in the proof of
following (
1), the desired result follows. □
Theorem 2. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) We obtain
The linearization of (
3) gives us
Applying the hypotheses, we obtain that
Replacing
by
we have
Using this in our hypothesis, we see that
Substituting
for
and using this expression, we find that
and so
Replacing
by
we have
Left multiplying by
the expression (
6), we obtain
Subtracting the last two expressions, we arrive at
and so
Since
is semiprime ideal of
we find that
Applying the same techniques after (
1) in the proof of Theorem 1 (i), we obtain the required results.
(ii) We obtain
Taking
by
in (
7) and using this,
we see that
and so
Replacing
by
we write
By our hypothesis, we obtain that
Using the same arguments after (
4) in the proof of (i), we obtain the required results. □
Theorem 3. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains , Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) Let assume that
Linearizing this expression, we have
Using the hypothesis and
we obtain
Replacing
by
in this expression, we arrive at
and so
This equation gives us
by our hypothesis. Applying the same lines after (
1) in the proof of Theorem 1 (i), we obtain the required results.
(ii) We obtain
Replacing
by
we have
By our hypotheses, we obtain that
Taking
by
in the last expression, we have
Using this in our hypothesis, we obtain
Applying the same techniques after (
1) in the proof of Theorem 1 (i), we obtain the required results. □
Theorem 4. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) We obtain
Linearizing this expression and using the hypothesis, we have
and so
Since
and taking
by
in above expression, we find that
and so
By the same ways after Equation (
4) in the proof of Theorem 2 (i), we complete the proof.
(ii) Assume that
Replacing
by
and using this,
we see that
Taking
by
in this expression, we obtain
and so
From the hypothesis, we obtain that
Applying the same techniques after (
4) in the proof of Theorem 2 (i), we obtain the required results. □
Theorem 5. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) We have
Taking
by
we obtain
By the hypothesis, we see that
Since
we have
Replacing
by
in the last expression, we obtain
By the hypothesis, we arrive at
and so
Hence, we obtain that
Thus, we find that the
commutative ring by the same ways after (
1) in the proof of Theorem 1 (i). This completes the proof.
(ii) We obtain
Linearizing this expression and using the hypotheses, we have
Replacing
by
in the last expression, we obtain
Using this in our hypothesis, we find that
Using the same arguments after (
8) in the proof of (i), we obtain the required result. □
Theorem 6. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) We obtain
Taking
by
in this expression and using this, we arrive at
Since
we obtain
Replacing
by
in the last expression, we see that
By the hypothesis, we arrive at
This gives that
commutative ring as above.
(ii) Assume that
Linearizing this expression and using this,
we arrive at
Writing
by
in the last expression, we find that
Using this expression in our hypothesis, we arrive at
We conclude that
is a commutative ring using the same lines in the proof of Theorem 2. □
Theorem 7. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) By the hypothesis, we obtain
Taking
by
in this, we see that
Using our hypothesis and
we arrive at
Substituting
for
in the last expression, we have
Again, using the hypothesis, we find that
By the similar arguments after (
8), we obtain the required result.
(ii) Let us assume
Using the linearization of this expression, we obtain
Using the hypothesis and
we obtain that
This expression is same as (
9) in (i). Applying the same line as above, we conclude our result. □
Theorem 8. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits a symmetric bi-derivation with a trace of δ such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) We obtain
Replacing
by
we have
Applying our hypothesis, we arrive at
Using the same lines after (
9), we complete the proof.
(ii) We assume that
By the linearization on
we obtain
and so
Appliying the same ways after (
9), we obtain our result. □
Theorem 9. Let ϝ be a ring, Π a semiprime ideal of a nonzero ideal of ϝ which contains Π and Suppose that ϝ admits symmetric bi-derivations with traces of respectively, such that for all
(i)
(ii)
then is commutative.
Proof. (i) By our hypothesis, we obtain
Replacing
by
we arrive at
Using the hypothesis and
we have
Writing
by
in this expression, we arrive at
Again using our hypothesis, we obtain
Using the same arguments after (
8), we obtain the required result.
(ii) We obtain
Linearizing this expression on
and using the hypothesis, we obtain that
and so
Since
we have
Replacing
by
in the last expression, we obtain
Again using our hypothesis, we see that
By the same ways after (
8), we obtain our result. □