On skew-commuting generalized skew derivations in prime and semiprime rings.

Let R be a noncommutative prime ring of characteristic different from 2 , with right Martindale quotient ring Q r and extended centroid C. Let m , n ≥ 1 be fixed integers and F a nonzero generalized skew derivation of R. In this paper, we investigate the set S = { F (x m) x n + x n F (x m) : x ∈ R } and prove that its left annihilator in R is identically zero. Using the above result, we also study the identity F (x) x n + x n F (x) = 0 for semiprime rings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]