On the notion of 'retractable modules' in the context of algebras

This is a survey on the usage of the module theoretic notion of a "retractable module" in the study of algebras with actions. We explain how classical results can be interpreted using module theory and end the paper with some open questions.Comment: dedicated to Patrick and John on the occasion of their 70th birthday

Algebras of quotients of graded Lie algebras

In this paper we explore graded algebras of quotients of Lie algebras with special emphasis on the 3-graded case and answer some natural questions concerning its relation to maximal Jordan systems of quotients.Comment: 15 pages. To appear in the Journal of Algebr

Identities with derivations on rings and Banach algebras

In this paper we prove the following result. Let m 1, n 1 be integers and let R be a 2mn(m+n-1)!-torsion free semiprime ring. Suppose there exist derivations D, G : R R such that D(xm)xn + xnG(xm) = 0 holds for all x R. In this case both derivations D and G map R into its center and D = -G. We apply this purely algebraic result to obtain a range inclusion result of continuous derivations on Banach algebras

On commutativity of semiprime Banach algebras

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Strongly non-degenerate Lie algebras

Let A be a semiprime 2 and 3-torsion free non-commutative associative algebra. We show that the Lie algebra Der(A) of(associative) derivations of A is strongly non-degenerate, which is a strong form of semiprimeness for Lie algebras, under some additional restrictions on the center of A. This result follows from a description of the quadratic annihilator of a general Lie algebra inside appropriate Lie overalgebras. Similar results are obtained for an associative algebra A with involution and the Lie algebra SDer(A) of involution preserving derivations of