Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let $R$ be a ring and let
$g$ be an endomorphism of
$R$. The additive mapping
$d:\,R\,\to \,R$ is called a Jordan semiderivation of
$R$, associated with
$g$, if
$$d\left( {{x}^{2}} \right)=d\left( x \right)x+g\left( x \right)d\left( x \right)=d\left( x \right)g\left( x \right)+xd\left( x \right)\,\text{and}\,d\left( g\left( x \right) \right)=g\left( d\left( x \right) \right)$$
for all $x\,\in \,R$. The additive mapping
$F:\,R\,\to \,R$ is called a generalized Jordan semiderivation of
$R$, related to the Jordan semiderivation
$d$ and endomorphism
$g$, if
$$F\left( {{x}^{2}} \right)=F\left( x \right)x+g\left( x \right)d\left( x \right)=F\left( x \right)g\left( x \right)+xd\left( x \right)\,\,and\,F\left( g\left( x \right) \right)=g\left( F\left( x \right) \right)$$
for all $x\,\in \,R$. In this paper we prove that if
$R$ is a prime ring of characteristic different from 2,
$g$ an endomorphism of
$R,\,d$ a Jordan semiderivation associated with
$g,\,F$ a generalized Jordan semiderivation associated with
$d$ and
$g$, then
$F$ is a generalized semiderivation of
$R$ and
$d$ is a semiderivation of
$R$. Moreover, if
$R$ is commutative, then
$F\,=\,d$.