Posner and herstein theorems for derivations of 3-prime near-rings

Abstract

The analog of Posner's theorem on the composition of two derivations in prime rings is proved for 3-prime near-rings. It is shown that if is a nonzero derivation of a 2-torsionfree 3-prime near-ring N and an element a ∊ N is such that axd = xda for all x ∊ N, then a is a central element. As a consequence it is shown that if d and d2 are nonzero derivations of a 2-torsionfree 3-prime near-ring N and xd1yd2 = yd2xd1 for all x, y ∊ N, then N is a commutative ring. Thus two theorems of Herstein are generalized