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Strong $k$-commutativity preserving maps on 2$\times$2 matrices

Rings and Algebras 2016-03-29 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let M2(F){\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F) be the algebra of 2×\times2 matrices over the real or complex field F\mathbb F. For a given positive integer k1k\geq 1, the kk-commutator of AA and BB is defined by [A,B]k=[[A,B]k1,B][A,B]_k=[[A,B]_{k-1},B] with [A,B]0=A[A,B]_0=A and [A,B]1=[A,B]=ABBA[A,B]_1=[A,B]=AB-BA. The main result is shown that a map Φ:M2(F)M2(F)\Phi: {\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F)\to {\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F) with range containing all rank one matrices satisfies that [Φ(A),Φ(B)]k=[A,B]k[\Phi(A),\Phi(B)]_k = [A,B]_k for all A,BM2(F)A, B\in{\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F) if and only if there exist a functional h:M2(F)Fh :{\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F) \rightarrow {\mathbb F} and a scalar λF\lambda \in{\mathbb F} with λk+1=1\lambda^{k+1} = 1 such that Φ(A)=λA+h(A)I\Phi(A) = \lambda A + h(A)I for all AM2(F)A \in{\mathcal M}_2(\mathbb F).

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@article{arxiv.1603.08414,
  title  = {Strong $k$-commutativity preserving maps on 2$\times$2 matrices},
  author = {Meiyun Liu and Jinchuan Hou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08414},
  year   = {2016}
}

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