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Centralizing Automorphisms of Prime Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Joseph H. Mayne*
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, U.S.A. Department of Mathematics, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 60626, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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Let R be a prime ring and T be a nontrivial automorphism of R. If xxTxTx is in the center of the ring for every x in R, then R is a commutative integral domain.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1976

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