International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 11, Pages 1675-1684
doi:10.1155/IJMMS.2005.1675
  
     
          
          On f-derivations of BCI-algebras
          
            Jianming Zhan1
             and Yong Lin Liu2
          
          1Department of Mathematics, Hubei Institute for Nationalities, Hubei Province, Enshi 445000, China
          2Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Science, Xidian University, Shaanxi, Xi'an 710071, China
          
          Abstract
The notion of left-right (resp., right-left) f-derivation of a BCI-algebra is introduced, and some related properties are investigated. Using the idea of regular f-derivation, we give characterizations of a p-semisimple BCI-algerba.