On generalized left derivations in rings and Banach algebras

The purpose of this paper is to establish some results concerning generalized left derivations in rings and Banach algebras. In fact, we prove the following results: Let R be a 2-torsion free semiprime ring, and let \({G: R \longrightarrow R}\) be a generalized Jordan left derivation with associated Jordan left derivation \({\delta: R \longrightarrow R}\). Then every generalized Jordan left derivation is a generalized left derivation on R. This result gives an affirmative answer to the question posed as a remark in Ashraf and Ali (Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 45:253–261, 2008). Also, the study of generalized left derivation has been made which acts as a homomorphism or as an anti-homomorphism on some appropriate subset of the ring R. Further, we introduce the notion of generalized left bi-derivation and prove that if a prime ring R admits a generalized left bi-derivation G with associated left bi-derivation B then either R is commutative or G is a right bi-centralizer (or bi-multiplier) on R. Finally, it is shown that every generalized Jordan left derivation on a semisimple Banach algebra is continuous.