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Center-like subsets in prime rings with derivations and endomorphisms

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Let R be a prime ring. In this paper it’s proved that certain subsets of R defined by conditions involving derivations and endomorphisms coincide with the center of R. In fact, our results generalize and improve several results obtained earlier on center-like subsets in prime rings.

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Ait Zemzami, O., Oukhtite, L. & Bell, H.E. Center-like subsets in prime rings with derivations and endomorphisms. Aequat. Math. 95, 589–598 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-021-00789-8

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