Decompositions of Quotient Rings and m-Power Commuting Maps

Let R be a semiprime ring with symmetric Martindale quotient ring Q, n ≥ 2 and let f(X) = X ⁿ h(X), where h(X) is a polynomial over the ring of integers with h(0) = ±1. Then there is a ring decomposition Q = Q ₁ ⊕ Q ₂ ⊕ Q ₃ such that Q ₁ is a ring satisfying S _2n?2, the standard identity of degree 2n ? 2, Q ₂ ? M _n (E) for some commutative regular self-injective ring E such that, for some fixed q > 1, x ^q  = x for all x ∈ E, and Q ₃ is a both faithful S _2n?2-free and faithful f-free ring. Applying the theorem, we characterize m-power commuting maps, which are defined by linear generalized differential polynomials, on a semiprime ring.